So grateful to these colleagues for their pre-publication reviews of Faces. Georgetown University Press

Nadia Guessous is an Associate Professor of Feminist and Gender Studies at Colorado College. Her piece for our latest roundtable issue seeks to imagine a decolonial epistemology via memory reclamation, care, and interdependence... soufflesmonde.com/posts/longing-…

Mark your calendars! On October 23, Moroccan novelist, poet, and cultural critic Yassin Adnan ياسين عدنان (the author of the critically acclaimed HOT MAROC) will be at the Illini Union Bookstore in Urbana to discuss his work. Hope to see you there!

Congratulations to Stella + Sawad Hussain (Edo's Souls), Lena + Nadiyah and Anam (Yoghurt and Jam), and all.

“The possibility of publishing a translation of a work of modern Arabic literature is now more difficult than it has ever been.” Translator Roger Allen is in conversation with Jonas Elbousty on the WLT Weekly today. worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/interview…

Join us:

Thrilled to see “Faces” featured in al-Akhbar, a leading Moroccan newspaper!

"He gives Genet an introduction to Russian literature;... Both authors seem to enjoy the literary back-and-forth, but it’s Choukri who’s translating for Genet, bringing him books, and waiting in the café hoping he’ll come back." laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/pri…

“The untranslatable is the space where the differences between languages and cultures come to the surface. This does not mean that certain things can never be rendered, but rather that we must never stop trying to render them.”

"Many people are shocked by Choukri’s graphic depictions, but history will vindicate him as the most far-seeing writer of his generation. He made his life an open book and held it as a mirror to our own demons." tingismagazine.com/editorials/end… #tingismagazine

Tales of Tangier Yale University Press and Faces Georgetown University Press

"Une bibliothèque « poreu[se] à tous les souffles du monde », pour paraphraser #Césaire" - Claire Riffard (ITEM,CNRS) dans En attendant Nadeau à propos de la #bibliothèque personnelle de Léopold Sédar Senghor, récemment sauvée d'une mise aux enchères en-attendant-nadeau.fr/2024/11/12/les… #Senghor

Beautiful morning Yale University catching up with my dear Professor, Jonas Elbousty, to celebrate the launch of his seminal translation of 'Faces' by Mohamed Choukri's Literary Journey. Make sure to get your copy and keep your eyes out for more books in the pipeline. Don’t miss it! 📚 #ArabicLit #MohamedChoukri

يونس البستي لـ"المجلة": شكري فتح السرد العربي على المكبوتات majalla.com/node/323075 I was interviewed by Osama Esber, a prominent poet and translator, about Mohamed Choukri's writings. أجرى معي الشاعر والمترجم المتميز أسامة اسبر الحوار التالي عن أعمال محمد شكري.

I hope to see some of you this afternoon!

written by the amazingest Maria Dadouch. 💚💚💚

The new issue of the journal "Présence Africaine" PRESENCE AFRICAINE is dedicated to Senegalese film director and writer Ousmane Sembène presenceafricaine.com/revue-culturel… #OusmaneSembène #SembèneOusmane #Africancinema #PrésenceAfricaine

Grateful to Ursula Lindsay for her fascinating piece on Mohamed Choukri in ⁦The New York Review of Books⁩, where she reviews both Tales of Tangier and Faces. ⁦Georgetown University Press⁩ ⁦Yale University Press⁩ ⁦Mohamed Choukri's Literary Journey⁩ nybooks.com/articles/2025/…

Mohamed Choukri’s final visit to his birthplace: “In 1993 I visited Nador. I hadn’t been there for over half a century, since the mass exodus caused by the famine. The Elmas Association invited me to speak to an audience, and I read The first chapter of al-Khubz al-Hāfi. The