From Cairo to Damascus and from Tunisia to Bahrain, Layla Al-Zubaidi and Matthew Cassel have brought together some of the most exciting new writing born out of revolution in the Arab world. This is a remarkable collection of testimony, entirely composed by participants in, and witnesses to, the profound changes shaking their region. Situated between past, present and future - in a space where the personal and the political collide - these voices are part of an ongoing process, one that is at once hopeful and heartbreaking. Unique amongst material emanating from and about the convulsions in the Arab Middle East, these creative and original writers speak of history, determination and struggle, as well as of political and poetic engagement with questions of identity and activism. This book gives a moving and inspiring insight into the Arab revolutions and uprisings: why they are happening and what might come next.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Introduction by Samar Yazbek
Greetings to the Dawn: Living through the Bittersweet Revolution (Tunisia)
by Malek Sghiri
Translated from the Arabic by Robin Moger
2. Cairo, City in Waiting (Egypt)
by Yasmine El Rashidi
3. Bayou and Laila (Libya)
by Mohamed Mesrati
Translated from the Arabic by Robin Moger
4. We Are Not Swallows (Algeria)
by Ghania Mouffok
Translated from the French by Georgina Collins
5. The Resistance: Armed with Words (Yemen)
By Jamal Jubran
Translated from the Arabic by Robin Moger
6. Coming Down from the Tower (Bahrain)
by Ali Aldairy
Translated from the Arabic by Robin Moger
7. Wishful Thinking (Saudi Arabia)
by Safa Al Ahmad
8. And the Demonstrations Go On: Diary of an Unfinished Revolution (Syria)
by Khawla Dunia
Translated from the Arabic by Robin Moger
