Articles By Youssef Rakha
Human Intervention
By: Youssef Rakha on: Friday 20 October 2023 - Genre: Palestine File
Still from Elia Suleiman’s 2002 film Divine Intervention If I don’t write now I never will. Since I published this Arabic response to the horror, people—Arabs—have argued wi...
End of an era
By: Youssef Rakha on: Sunday 31 December 2017 - Genre: Book Reviews
Reviewed by: Youssef Rakha - Ahram Weekly Saleh Heisa, Khairi Shalabi, Cairo: Al-Hilal Novel Series, July 2000. pp271 Cairo's cannabis-smoking literati relied during the 1990s on an African...
Beautiful progeny
By: Youssef Rakha on: Monday 20 November 2017 - Genre: Book Reviews
Al-Ahram Weekly 19 - 25 December 2002 Book : Lailat Urs (Wedding Night) Cairo: Al-Hilal Novels Series Author: Youssef Abu-Rayya Reviewed by Youssef Rakha Since giving up journa...
E-cards for Mohammad Rabie
By: Youssef Rakha on: Thursday 1 August 2013 - Genre: Book Reviews
Mohammad Rabie, Kawkab 'Anbar, Cairo: Kotob Khan, 2010 'The decision to write a novel is made after a few pages, perhaps before you start writing, but I think the time frame remains the...
Retired Thieves
By: Youssef Rakha on: Thursday 1 July 2010 - Genre: Book Reviews
Lusous Mutaqa'idoun (Retired Thieves) Hamdi Abu Golail, Cairo: Miret, 2002. pp127 Reviewed by Youssef Rakha Lusous Mutaqa'idoun, Hamdi Abu Golail's latest novel, is the semi-autobio...
Congruent genres
By: Youssef Rakha on: Tuesday 1 February 2005 - Genre: Book Reviews
Hikayat min Fadlala Osman (Stories from Fadlala Osman), Ibrahim Aslan, Cairo: Miret, 2003 by Youssef Rakha Ibrahim Aslan's last book, Hikayat min Fadlala Osman (Stories from Fadla...
All we need is love
By: Youssef Rakha on: Tuesday 1 May 2001 - Genre: Book Reviews
Book Review; Nuqtat Al-Nour (The Point of Light), Bahaa Taher, Cairo: Al-Hilal Novels, 2001. pp238 source Al-Ahram Weekly By Youssef Rahkha In Nuqtat Al-Nour, his latest work, novelist...
An unjustified profession
By: Youssef Rakha on: Thursday 1 February 2001 - Genre: Book Reviews
source ahram weekly Book: Khizanat Al-Kalam Author: Gamil Attiya Ibrahim Reviewed by Youssef Rakha Khizanat Al-Kalam (The Safe of Words), Gamil Attiya Ibrahim, Cairo:Dar Al-Hilal, the Hilal Nove...
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