Ahmed ALAIDY

Ahmed ALAIDY
  • Africa
  • Northern Africa
  • Egypt
Arabic

Ahmed ALAIDY (fiction writer, journalist; b. 1974, Egypt) is a young writer gaining acclaim in Egypt and beyond. Though he had no formal training in literature or creative writing, Mr. Alaidy honed his skills through independent study and working at a small publishing house. He has written stories, scripts, and sitcoms, and in 2003, he published Being Abbas Al Abd. Now in its second printing, the novel was recently the subject of two seminars at the American University in Cairo, one focusing solely on the novel's linguistic techniques. Mr. Alaidy has published several articles for Donia El Ghad , an Arabic language newspaper published in Canada. Currently he is at work on a political novel set against the backdrop of 9/11. He is participating courtesy of the Department of State.

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  • Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.

  • Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.

  • In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.

  • “I went to [Ayodhya] to think about what it means to be an Indian and a Hindu... ”  A new essay by critic and novelist Chandrahas Choudhury.

  • In the January 2024 iteration of the French/English non-fiction site Frictions, T J Benson writes about “Riding Afrobeats Across the World.” Also new, a next installment in the bilingual series featuring work by students from Paris VIII’s Creative Writing program and the University of Iowa’s NFW program.

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