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Youssef Rakha

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Youssef Rakha talked about his writing on post-Muslim perspectives in Arabic and Egyptian literature.Youssef Rakha is a novelist, poet, essayist and journalist who writes in both Arabic and English. His interests include Arab porn and the possibility of a post-Muslim perspective. His first two novels The Book of the Sultan’s Seal and The Crocodiles appeared in English in early 2015. Frequently anthologized and translated into many languages, he has written widely on Arabic literature and Egyptian history. Youssef’s 2006 photo travelogue Beirut Shi Mahal was nominated for the Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage. He was among the 39 best Arab writers under 40 selected for the Hay Festival Beirut39 Festival in 2010. His first novel, The Book of the Sultan’s Seal, won the 2015 Banipal Seif Ghobash Prize for Paul Starkey’s translation, and his third, Paulo, was on the long list of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2017 and won the 2017 Sawiris Award.Created by Mikey Muhanna, afikra Hosted by Malek RasamnyEdited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/About the afikra Conversations:Our long-form interview series features academics, arts, ‎and media experts who are helping document and/or shape the history and culture of the Arab world through their ‎work. Our hope is that by having the guest share their expertise and story, the community still walks away with newfound curiosity - and maybe some good recommendations about new nerdy rabbit holes to dive into headfirst. ‎Following the interview, there is a moderated town-hall-style Q&amp;A with questions coming from the live virtual audience ‎on Zoom.‎ Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvpFollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on  afikra.com

Youssef Rakha talked about his writing on post-Muslim perspectives in Arabic and Egyptian literature.Youssef Rakha is a novelist, poet, essayist and journalist who writes in both Arabic and English. His interests include Arab porn and the possibility of a post-Muslim perspective. His first two novels The Book of the Sultan’s Seal and The Crocodiles appeared in English in early 2015. Frequently anthologized and translated into many languages, he has written widely on Arabic literature and Egyptian history. Youssef’s 2006 photo travelogue Beirut Shi Mahal was nominated for the Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage. He was among the 39 best Arab writers under 40 selected for the Hay Festival Beirut39 Festival in 2010. His first novel, The Book of the Sultan’s Seal, won the 2015 Banipal Seif Ghobash Prize for Paul Starkey’s translation, and his third, Paulo, was on the long list of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2017 and won the 2017 Sawiris Award.Created by<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikey_mu/%E2%80%8E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Mikey Muhanna</a>, afikra Hosted by Malek RasamnyEdited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/</a>About the afikra Conversations:Our long-form interview series features academics, arts, ‎and media experts who are helping document and/or shape the history and culture of the Arab world through their ‎work. Our hope is that by having the guest share their expertise and story, the community still walks away with newfound curiosity - and maybe some good recommendations about new nerdy rabbit holes to dive into headfirst. ‎Following the interview, there is a moderated town-hall-style Q&amp;A with questions coming from the live virtual audience ‎on Zoom.‎ Join the live audience: <a href="https://www.afikra.com/rsvp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.afikra.com/rsvp</a>Follow<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/afikra/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Youtube</a> -<a href="https://www.instagram.com/afikra_/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> (@afikra_) -<a href="https://www.facebook.com/afikra.official/%E2%80%8E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> -<a href="https://twitter.com/afikra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Twitter </a>Support <a href="https://www.afikra.com/support" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.afikra.com/support</a>About afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity.  Read more about us on <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/accounts/6ed0c818-6cf3-428a-b99a-2bfa8685e409/shows/17b75121-ba58-4c0e-9bcf-b984f85d664d/episodes/cd408748-e90a-499b-a32b-9e61651fb790/afikra.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> afikra.com</a>

YOUSSEF RAKHA | Post-Muslim Perspectives | Conversations

An interview series in which we beat the lockdown blues reaching out to friends for a nice and informal telephone chat. In our ninth episode, Fernando Sdrigotti talks to Youssef Rakha, from Cairo, Egypt. Some of the topics discussed: Cairo the Myth versus Cairo as a lived city, self-exiles and returns, writing and not writing during the lockdown. -- Youssef Rakha is a bilingual writer of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Based in Cairo, his birthplace, he graduated from Hull University, England, in 1998. He has worked in mostly English-language journalism since then. @Sultans_Seal Music: können, Audiodélica, Creative Commons.

An interview series in which we beat the lockdown blues reaching out to friends for a nice and informal telephone chat. In our ninth episode, Fernando Sdrigotti talks to Youssef Rakha, from Cairo, Egypt. Some of the topics discussed: Cairo the Myth versus Cairo as a lived city, self-exiles and returns, writing and not writing during the lockdown. -- Youssef Rakha is a bilingual writer of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Based in Cairo, his birthplace, he graduated from Hull University, England, in 1998. He has worked in mostly English-language journalism since then. <a href="https://twitter.com/Sultans_Seal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Sultans_Seal</a> Music: <a href="https://audiodelica.bandcamp.com/album/1998" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">können</a>, <a href="https://audiodelica.bandcamp.com/music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audiodélica</a>, Creative Commons.

The Quarantine Hotline #9 — Youssef Rakha

Youssef Rakha is an Egyptian novelist, essayist and poet who writes in both Arabic and English. Born, raised and based in Cairo, he graduated from Hull University, UK, in 1998, and has worked as a cultural journalist, literary translator and creative writing coach since then. He is the founding editor of the bilingual literary website тнє ѕυℓтαη’ѕ ѕєαℓ: Cairo's coolest cosmopolitan hotel, named after his acclaimed first novel, The Book of the Sultan's Seal. He can be found on therakha.net, on Twitter @Sultans_Seal and on YouTube.The poems he reads in the course of this conversation (translated by Robin Moger) can be found here, and the essay he refers to in the context of the third poem here.

Youssef Rakha is an Egyptian novelist, essayist and poet who writes in both Arabic and English. Born, raised and based in Cairo, he graduated from Hull University, UK, in 1998, and has worked as a cultural journalist, literary translator and creative writing coach since then. He is the founding editor of the bilingual literary website тнє ѕυℓтαη’ѕ ѕєαℓ: Cairo's coolest cosmopolitan hotel, named after his acclaimed first novel, The Book of the Sultan's Seal. He can be found on <a href="http://therakha.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">therakha.net</a>, on Twitter @Sultans_Seal and on YouTube. The poems he reads in the course of this conversation (translated by Robin Moger) can be found here, and the essay he refers to in the context of the third poem here.