Authors

Zaid Shlah poet

Sample "Comply" from Taqsim, read by Zaid Shlah 3:51
Sample speaking about Taqsim in music and poetry, with BN Aziz 6:15

Ghada Karmi

Palestinian writer, author of "Married to Another Man", and the memoir "In Search of Fatima", 2008 interview by S Malaika.
Sample 4:58

Yvonne Wakin Dennis

Arab/Native American author Dennis writes books for children on American Indian history. This is from her Dec 8/09 conversation with Reem Nasr.
Sample 5:00

Nahid Rachlin

author of "Persian Girls" a memoir; host Saadia Aslam
Sample 4:48

Deema Shehabi

Sample 2006 interview and poems, with BN Aziz 5:37

Lisa Mohammed

New York based poet, Lisa Mohammed, author of two collections of poetry, also teches writing to young people in New York. The poem, "Is This A Test?", was performed in celebration of the release from prison of Brother Geronimo Ji JaJa.

Sample "Is This A Test?" 5:23
Sample Lisa Mohammed reads "I Am From" 4:57

Labeebah Sabree

"Get Your Lips off My Dress", a poem by Labeebah

Hanan al Shaykh author

Al-Shaykh speaks with BN Aziz about the release of the English translation of her mother's story. Hear our interview, now on our podcast in two parts, Sept 29/09 and Oct.13/09.

Etel Adnan

Artist and writer Etel Adnan is a poet, essayist and novelist, the author of numerous books. Her latest book "In the Heart of the Heart of Another Country" is published by City Lights.
Sample 'Arab Apocalypse', excerpt by the author 1:26
Sample Etel Adnan reading from 'The Indian Never Had A Horse' 00:42
Sample 2003 Interview; talking about Arab American literature 4:47
Sample "In the Heart of the Heart of Another Country"; a passage, recorded in 2006 2:32
Sample 2004 interview excerpt; Adnan and BN Aziz 5:34

Ahdaf Soueif

Novelist, author of ""Map of Love" (a Booker Prize finalist), and more recently a collection of essays "Mezzaterra:Fragments from the Common Ground" 2004.
A highly regarded literary figure based in London and Egypt, Soueif also frequently writes reviews and commentaries for The Guardian, London. Her other books include "Aisha, The Sandpiper", and "In the Eye of the Sun."

In the accompanying 1999 interview, Soueif talks with Barbara Nimri Aziz about writing "Map of Love."


Sample Soueif talks about her novel "Map of Love" with BN Aziz 6:08

Poet Rachida Mohammedi

Algerian based poet and translator Mohammedi, has published two collections of her poetry in Arabic. She also complied and translated into French, a collection of the work of Iraqi poets, written under embargo.

"Maraya" audio commentaries by R Mohammedi: In 2005, in New York, Mohammedi produced several Arabic language commentaries for WBAI Radio.
"Maraya 4: English summary"
Sample "Maraya" commentary by Rachida Mohammedi, Arabic 3:12
Sample Rachida Mohammedi reads from "Tears"; Arabic 2:25
Sample Maraya "Land Day" commentary. Arabic 3:35
Sample commentary on Martin Luther King Jr. by Rachida Mohammedi, Arabic 5:20

Dr. Salma Khadra Jayyusi

Dr. Jayyusi, director of PROTA, is editor of eight published anthologies of translations and collections of Arabic literature. Her most recent compilation Modern Arabic Fiction, was released in 2005.

In three 30 minute interviews with Tahrir, Jayyusi speaks about a range of issues in Arabic culture, history and literature.

Sample from Dr. Jayyusi 's interview about Arabic fiction 6:27

Mahmoud Darwish

5 poems, in Arabic; read by Darwish at various venues. Also hear Fady Joudah reading Darwish under our 'a poem, a song' section.
Sample "In Jerusalem" (Arabic) 3:23
Sample "The PineTree Has Broken" 2:26
Sample "The Beauties are the Beauties" 1:52
Sample "A Man and A Deer in the Garden" 3:02
Sample "She/He" 2:39

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a poem.. a song..

"Soft Facism"
read by novelist/poet Mohja Kahf

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"Ramadan"
AbdalHayy Moore reads from 'Ramadan Sonnets' --www.danielmoorepoetry.com

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Book review

Parvez Sharma's
Jihad for Love
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2004 co-producers

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