The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

Alaa al-Aswani in Le Monde

Readers may be interested in reading this profile of Egyptian novelist Alaa al-Aswani from last week's Le Mondes des Livres, accompanied by a review of the recently launched French edition of his last novel, Chicago.
We had mentioned Chicago when it came out earlier this year, while Baheyya had reviewed it.

Click on the image below to download the PDF.


Lemonde Aswani

Update: More al-Aswani goodness over at Fustat.