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We spend most of this episode discussing the work and life of the Syrian playwright Sa’dallah Wannous, and how strongly it relates to repression, resistance and art in the Arab region today.

SHOW NOTES: 


A new Sa’dallah Wannous reader,Sentence to Hope(ed. and trans. Robert Myers and Nada Saab) brings together four translations of plays as well as essays by and interviews with the great Syrian playwright (1941-1996).


Read more about reading Wannous in Syria in Matthew McNaught’s  essay “Yarmouk Miniatures” and about Arwa Salih and the Arab left to which he belonged in Ursula’s “Lessons of Defeat: Testimonies of the Arab left.”


The founder of Egypt’s Dar Tanmia Bookshop and Publishing, Khaled Lutfi, was sentenced to five years in a military trial at the beginning of February. A statement of support for Lutfi has been circulating online, in Arabic and English.


The Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji currently lives in the US after serving two years in jail on indecency charges.


The photographer we mention is Mohamed Abu Zeid – Shawkan – who should never have been jailed in the first place and is currently being held unlawfully beyond his release date.

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We spend most of this episode discussing the work and life of the Syrian playwright Sa&rsquo;dallah Wannous, and how strongly it relates to repression, resistance and art in the Arab region today.
SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sentence-Hope-Sadallah-Margellos-Republic/dp/0300221347?SubscriptionId=AKIAIA3UEVTLIG7AIKFA&amp;tag=cairocalling-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=0300221347"> </a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sentence-Hope-Sadallah-Margellos-Republic/dp/0300221347?SubscriptionId=AKIAIA3UEVTLIG7AIKFA&amp;tag=cairocalling-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=0300221347"></a>
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A new Sa&rsquo;dallah Wannous reader, <a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300221343/sentence-hope">Sentence to Hope</a> (ed. and trans. Robert Myers and Nada Saab) brings together four translations of plays as well as essays by and interviews with the great Syrian playwright (1941-1996).
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Read more about reading Wannous in Syria in Matthew McNaught&rsquo;s &nbsp;essay &ldquo;<a href="https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/yarmouk-miniatures/">Yarmouk Miniatures</a>&rdquo; and about Arwa Salih and the Arab left to which he belonged in Ursula&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href="https://thepointmag.com/2019/politics/lessons-of-defeat-testimonies-of-the-arab-left">Lessons of Defeat: Testimonies of the Arab left</a>.&rdquo;
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The founder of Egypt&rsquo;s Dar Tanmia Bookshop and Publishing, <a href="https://arablit.org/2019/02/25/support-for-publisher-and-bookseller-khaled-lutfi-sentenced-to-5-years/">Khaled Lutfi</a>, was sentenced to five years in a military trial at the beginning of February. A statement of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F_%5F%5F_%5F%5F%5F%5F_%5F%5F%5F%5F?source=feed_text&amp;epa=HASHTAG&amp;__tn__=*NK-R">support for Lutfi has been circulating online</a>, in Arabic and English.
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The Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji currently lives in the US after serving <a href="https://pen.org/advocacy-case/ahmed-naji/">two years in jail on indecency charges.</a>
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The photographer we mention is Mohamed Abu Zeid &ndash; Shawkan &ndash; who should never have been jailed in the first place and is currently <a href="https://www.ifex.org/egypt/2019/02/28/release-shawkan/">being held unlawfully</a> beyond his release date.
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BULAQ is a book-centric podcast co-hosted by Ursula Lindsey (in Amman, Jordan) and M Lynx Qualey (in Rabat, Morocco). It focuses on Arabic literature in translation and is named after the first printing press established in Egypt in 1820. Produced by Sowt.

BULAQ is a book-centric podcast co-hosted by Ursula Lindsey (in Amman, Jordan) and M Lynx Qualey (in Rabat, Morocco). It focuses on Arabic literature in translation and is named after the first printing press established in Egypt in 1820. Produced by Sowt.

BULAQ | بولاق

BULAQ is a podcast about contemporary writing from and about the Middle East and North Africa. We talk about books written in Aleppo, Cairo, Marrakech and beyond. We look at the Arab region through the lens of literature, and we look at literature -- what it does, why it matters, how it relates to society and history and politics -- from the point of view of this part of the world.  BULAQ is co-produced by ArabLit and The Arabist and is hosted by Ursula Lindsey and M Lynx Qualey.

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