Dealing With Storm From A Shelter
Is it possible for a person who protects others to act like a storm? Suzanna Arundhati Roy, the Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things […]
His Next Book To Remain Sealed Until 2114
Noted Indian author Amitav Ghosh (b. July 11, 1956) wants no one to touch his next manuscript until the year 2114. Perhaps, he plans to leave a prophecy for his […]
Stemming From The Same Origin
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (born James Ngugi; January 5, 1938 – May 28, 2025), the Kenyan author and academic who has been described as the leading novelist of East Africa and […]
The Child Of Sufferings
“The scars on our children’s faces/will look for you./Our children’s amputated legs/will run after you.” It seems that it is not just a verse, but a curse. Mosab Abu Toha […]
When The Anomie Bleeds
Like Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha (popularly known as Naguib Mahfouz; December 11, 191 – August 30, 2006), Ferit Orhan Pamuk (b. June 7, 1952), the only […]
Understanding The Arab World Through The Eyes Of Naguib Mahfouz
One can consider Egypt a window to see the Arab World where people have fought against British Imperialism, terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism for more than a century. The struggle has […]
The Image Of Moral Conflict In The Mirror
Canadian author Naomi Klein‘s 2023 publication Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World may help readers to understand the implicit meaning of the word doppelganger. The literal meaning of this […]
A Terrible Laughter: Milan Kundera
Well, there is hardly any creative personality left in the whole continent of Europe who can portray the essential image of the continent, especially after the demise of Jean-Luc Godard […]
The Gospel Of Uncertainty
Each and every era recognises contemporary stalwarts in its own way. People in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata failed to discover Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, […]
