Flowers in November? Yes! After a long, hot summer’s break Jadaliyya Culture returns with another bouquet, as bright as any we have given you before, but this time a bit heavier. Maybe as heavy as a pagan rock sitting on display in the national museum of a theocratic state. Highlights include:
— Hamdy El-Gazzar`s "Love", translated by Nancy Linthicum.
— Anne-Marie McManus introduces Mustafa Khalifa`s prison novel, al-Qawqa`a.
— Mansoura Ez-Eldin`s essay, "The Callous Father who Refuses to Die," translated by Emily Drumsta.
— Four poems by Mohamed Khair-Eddin, translated by Gaelle Raphael.
— An excerpt from Faraj Bayraqdar`s prison memoir, translated by Ahmad Diab.
— Maymanah Farhat writes on the Metropolitan Museum of Art`s reopening of their Islamic Art galleries.
Stay tuned for more. On December 15, we will lay another fat wreath on your computer, with Iraqi photography, more Hamdy El-Gazzar and poetry by al-Zahawi and Talal Haydar.