Authors

Jonathan Wright

 

Jonathan Wright studied Arabic at Oxford University and worked as a journalist with the news agency Reuters for some thirty years, mostlly in the Arab world. In recent years he has turned to literary translation. His translations include the prize-winning Azazeel by Youssef Ziedan, Taxi by Khaled el-Khamissi, and The Madman of Freedom Square by Hassan Blasim.

 

ARTICLES BY Jonathan Wright

  • An Excerpt from Amjad Nasser's "Land of No Rain"

    An Excerpt from Amjad Nasser's "Land of No Rain"

    [Land of No Rain, the recently published novel by Jordanian poet Amjad Nasser (b. 1955), describes the experiences, thoughts and memories of an ageing leftist who decides to go home to fictional Hamiya after twenty years in exile. The move makes him reflect on the effects t..

  • An Excerpt from "Judgment Day" by Rasha al Ameer

    An Excerpt from "Judgment Day" by Rasha al Ameer

    In Rasha al Ameer`s Judgment Day (first published in Beirut in 2002 by Dar Al-Jadeed) a reclusive and middle-aged Muslim cleric from a rural background tells the story of how he falls in love with an independent, educated and urban woman who invites him to work on a book about the great A..