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Culture XVI

0 Aug 01 2011 by Culture Editors

["Then What?" by Louay Kayyali (1934-1978, Syria). Image from The Samawi Collection, Ayyam Gallery ]

This is our sixteenth weekly section. We have five posts; Amal Hanano continues her diary from Aleppo. Gaelle Raphael translates a poem by the great Syrian poet Saniyya Salih. Youssef Rakha examines the cultural discourse in Egypt. Nezar Andary reviews May Odeh's Diaries. Sinan Antoon translates a text by Ahmad Saadawi about Iraqi dogs.

We will be taking a summer break and will return in the fall with more energy and lots of culture. Enjoy!

It's Not Him, It's Them by Amal Hanano

The Trial by Saniyya Saleh translated by Gaelle Raphael

The Body Cannot Live Without the Mind: Egyptian Cultural Discourse in the Wake of the Revolution by Youssef Rakha

May Odeh's Diaries: Celebration, Beauty and Transcendence by Nezar Andary

Dogs by Ahmad Saadawi

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