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An Interview with Tunisian Novelist Chokri Mabkhout Conducted by Abdeddayem Sallami and Translated into English by Ali Znaidi
An Interview with Tunisian Novelist Chokri Mabkhout Conducted by Abdeddayem Sallami and Translated into English by Ali Znaidi Marcia Lynx Qualey was good enough to publish my translation of an interview with Tunisian and International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF)-shortlisted … Continue reading
Interview with Houcine El Wad Conducted by Kamel Riahi and Translated by Ali Znaidi.
Interview with Houcine El Wad Conducted by Kamel Riahi and Translated by Ali Znaidi. Houcine El Wad: The novel mutinied against me. Interviewed by Kamel Riahi. Tunisian and Arab universities knew Houcine El Wad as a researcher and academic … Continue reading
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Tagged Houcine El Wad, IPAF, publishing, The Arabic Booker, Tunisian novel
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Interview with Tunisian Writer Houyem Ferchichi
Interview with Tunisian Short Story Writer Houyem Ferchichi 05/06/2012 (10:42) Interview with Tunisian writer Houyem Ferchichi conducted by Majid Elia-Editor in chief (Translated from Arabic by Ali Znaidi) Houyem Ferchichi is a Tunisian author and short story writer who … Continue reading
Interview with Tunisian Poet Mohamed Ammar Chaabnia
Interview with Tunisian Poet Mohamed Ammar Chaabnia Poet Mohamed Ammar Chaabnia Speaking to Assabah: Where does creation come from, and its animators are hungry and their souls are suffering from pains? Oh, Right Honorable government! If it was true that … Continue reading
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Tagged Mohamed Ammar Chaabnia, poetry, revolution, Translation, Tunisia, Tunisian poetry
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Tunisian Poet Mohamed Souissi Speaks about his Experience and “The Poets’ Boat.”
Mohamed Souissi Speaking to Alchourouk: This is my story with “The Island’s Poet,” and “The Poets’ Boat” is a unique manifestation. He loved the sea. He loved its silence and fury. He composed from the foam of its waves and … Continue reading
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Tagged Kerkennah, Mohamed Souissi, poetry, the sea, Tunisia, Tunisian poetry
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Interview with Tunisian Writer Jalloul Azzouna
Jalloul Azzouna Speaking to Essahafa: The Indispensability to adopt the cultural dimension as a strategic guarantee for the success of any democratic transition The writer Jalloul Azzouna bears a history of militancy that combines the dichotomy of the intellectual and … Continue reading
An Interview with American Scholar and Translator Dr. Jane Kuntz, conducted by Ali Znaidi
Dr. Jane Kuntz (M.A., 1996; Ph.D., 2002) [pictured right] is an American scholar who is famous for her openness to other cultures, especially French culture, and the culture of the MENA region. She lived in Tunisia where she deepened her … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdelwahab Meddeb, francophone Maghreb, Jane Kuntz, novel, revolution, Talismano, Translation, Tunisia
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Interview with the Tunisian Writer Kamel Riahi.
Kamel Riahi speaking to Assabah: “Nas Decameron” is a laboratory, and a salon bringing together writers, and artists. “What we are seeing today is a political confusion caused by the fact that we are not aware that the … Continue reading
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Tagged “Nas Decameron”, creative writing, Kamel Riahi, literature, Tunisia
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Interview with the Tunisian Poet Radhia Chehaibi
With Radhia Chehaibi after her return from the Festival of the South in Cairo. The Tunisia of Poetry and Revolution in “the Land of Egypt.” If poetry was life, beauty, movement, and a journey into the edges of meaning, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdelmajid Youcef, Emna Rmili, Fatma Cherif, Mohamed Issa El Mouadeb, poetry, Radhia Chehaibi, Translation, Tunisia
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A Question and Testimonies: Prison Literature in Tunisia. What are its Features, Issues, and the Nature of its Message?
Prison literature did not acquire the qualities of the literary pursuit that stands straight on its stem in Tunisia, and in the Arab world likewise. It remained a side of the marginalised literature that its advocates live on the periphery … Continue reading
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