Khalid Lyamlahy
@khalidlym.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in French & Francophone Studies at UChicago | Scholar | Writer | Literary Critic | Author: "Nostalgic Rebels" (2025); "Évocation d'un mémorial à Venise" (2023); "Un roman étranger" (2017); | Coeditor : "Abdelkébir Khatibi" (2020)
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Khalid Lyamlahy
@khalidlym.bsky.social
· Dec 11
Thrilled to share that "Venice Requiem", the #translation of my #novel by Ros Schwartz is coming out on Feb. 5 with @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social ! Deeply grateful to Ros for her exceptional work & to my publisher Pete Aryton. Many thanks to @oliviasnaije.bsky.social & Raphaël Thierry! bit.ly/4pFcEUY
Remembering Moroccan thinker #AbdelkébirKhatibi on what would have been his 88th birthday. In 2020, Jane Hiddleston and I wrote this: "Khatibi opens up ideas for discussion, tests the structures we use to create meaning and probes at the seams of philosophical systems" @livunipress.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Remembering Moroccan thinker #AbdelkébirKhatibi on what would have been his 88th birthday. In 2020, Jane Hiddleston and I wrote this: "Khatibi opens up ideas for discussion, tests the structures we use to create meaning and probes at the seams of philosophical systems" @livunipress.bsky.social
Tomorrow! Join us for the launch of Venice Requiem at Brick Lane Bookshop.
Author Khalid Lyamlahy and translator Ros Schwartz in conversation, chaired by Rebekah Vince. Tickets from £6 available here: bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...
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Author Khalid Lyamlahy and translator Ros Schwartz in conversation, chaired by Rebekah Vince. Tickets from £6 available here: bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...
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February 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Sad to hear about the passing of Lebanese #poet Vénus Khoury-Ghata. In 2017, I reviewed for #ThePoetryReview
@poetrysociety.org.uk "A Handful of Blue Earth" @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social, trans. Marilyn Hacker, alongside A. Laâbi's anthology "In Praise of Defeat" poetrysociety.org.uk/book-review-...
@poetrysociety.org.uk "A Handful of Blue Earth" @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social, trans. Marilyn Hacker, alongside A. Laâbi's anthology "In Praise of Defeat" poetrysociety.org.uk/book-review-...
January 29, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Sad to hear about the passing of Lebanese #poet Vénus Khoury-Ghata. In 2017, I reviewed for #ThePoetryReview
@poetrysociety.org.uk "A Handful of Blue Earth" @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social, trans. Marilyn Hacker, alongside A. Laâbi's anthology "In Praise of Defeat" poetrysociety.org.uk/book-review-...
@poetrysociety.org.uk "A Handful of Blue Earth" @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social, trans. Marilyn Hacker, alongside A. Laâbi's anthology "In Praise of Defeat" poetrysociety.org.uk/book-review-...
Just published by Editions Barzakh in Algiers: "Lire, écrire et traduire #MaïssaBey". Includes contributions from Maïssa Bey's translators into Arabic, Italian, and Swedish, scholars from Algeria, France, and Mauritania, as well as authors and publishers #editionsbarzakh #Algerianliterature
January 28, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Just published by Editions Barzakh in Algiers: "Lire, écrire et traduire #MaïssaBey". Includes contributions from Maïssa Bey's translators into Arabic, Italian, and Swedish, scholars from Algeria, France, and Mauritania, as well as authors and publishers #editionsbarzakh #Algerianliterature
"Moustadraf peint surtout, à hauteur de corps, les signes microscopiques, infra-ordinaires, de la violence sociale" - Brillante recension par Chakib Ararou de "Trent-Sis", recueil de #nouvelles de l'écrivaine marocaine Malika Moustadraf chez Cambourakis www.en-attendant-nadeau.fr/2026/01/27/m...
Contes du sang versé - En attendant Nadeau
Le destin de certains livres ressemble à une course d’obstacles. Les nouvelles réunies dans Trent-Sis de Malika Moustadraf (1969-2006) n’ont fait l’objet, du vivant de l’écrivaine, que d’une édition c...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:34 PM
"Moustadraf peint surtout, à hauteur de corps, les signes microscopiques, infra-ordinaires, de la violence sociale" - Brillante recension par Chakib Ararou de "Trent-Sis", recueil de #nouvelles de l'écrivaine marocaine Malika Moustadraf chez Cambourakis www.en-attendant-nadeau.fr/2026/01/27/m...
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#BookoftheWeek
Venice Requiem by @khalidlym.bsky.social, translated by Ros Schwartz and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social — “A vibrant and poetic tribute to all African migrants. A necessary book” (Jury of the Alain Spiess Second Novel Prize).
👉 www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
Venice Requiem by @khalidlym.bsky.social, translated by Ros Schwartz and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social — “A vibrant and poetic tribute to all African migrants. A necessary book” (Jury of the Alain Spiess Second Novel Prize).
👉 www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
January 28, 2026 at 12:59 PM
#BookoftheWeek
Venice Requiem by @khalidlym.bsky.social, translated by Ros Schwartz and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social — “A vibrant and poetic tribute to all African migrants. A necessary book” (Jury of the Alain Spiess Second Novel Prize).
👉 www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
Venice Requiem by @khalidlym.bsky.social, translated by Ros Schwartz and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social — “A vibrant and poetic tribute to all African migrants. A necessary book” (Jury of the Alain Spiess Second Novel Prize).
👉 www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
Next week, I'll be in London & Oxford to present "Venice Requiem", the English translation by @rosschwa.bsky.social of my novel, published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Thanks @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social for the support! www.institut-francais.org.uk/khalid-lyaml... #VeniceRequiem #booklaunch
Khalid Lyamlahy in the UK for the release of Venice Requiem - Institut Français · Royaume-Uni
Based on the true story of Pateh Sabally, a 22-year-old Gambian refugee who died in Venice’s Grand Canal in 2017, the novel follows a narrator trying to understand the events that led to his death. Th...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Next week, I'll be in London & Oxford to present "Venice Requiem", the English translation by @rosschwa.bsky.social of my novel, published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Thanks @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social for the support! www.institut-francais.org.uk/khalid-lyaml... #VeniceRequiem #booklaunch
📢Job Alert: The Department of French and Francophone Studies at @batescollege.bsky.social invites applications for a full-time, two-year visiting assistant professor position, to begin July 2026. Details: apply.interfolio.com/180432 #teachingjobs #francophonestudies #Frenchstudies
January 26, 2026 at 4:32 PM
📢Job Alert: The Department of French and Francophone Studies at @batescollege.bsky.social invites applications for a full-time, two-year visiting assistant professor position, to begin July 2026. Details: apply.interfolio.com/180432 #teachingjobs #francophonestudies #Frenchstudies
Out now: the Spanish translation by Antonio Álvarez de la Rosa of Jocelyne Laâbi's #autobiography "La Liqueur d'aloès" (2005), also available in English & Arabic. It will be presented next week @libreriabalqis.bsky.social in Madrid orienteymediterraneo.com/producto/10891 @orienteymediter.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Out now: the Spanish translation by Antonio Álvarez de la Rosa of Jocelyne Laâbi's #autobiography "La Liqueur d'aloès" (2005), also available in English & Arabic. It will be presented next week @libreriabalqis.bsky.social in Madrid orienteymediterraneo.com/producto/10891 @orienteymediter.bsky.social
New book: "Des bulles de BD dans l'Océan Indien. De l'histoire à la mémoire" by Christophe Cassiau-Haurie, Pierre-Eric Fageol and Frédéric Garan (Editions Karthala) karthala.com/accueil/3666... #bandedessinée #océanindien #comics #graphicnovels #comicbooks #bandesdessinées #indianocean
January 23, 2026 at 7:25 PM
New book: "Des bulles de BD dans l'Océan Indien. De l'histoire à la mémoire" by Christophe Cassiau-Haurie, Pierre-Eric Fageol and Frédéric Garan (Editions Karthala) karthala.com/accueil/3666... #bandedessinée #océanindien #comics #graphicnovels #comicbooks #bandesdessinées #indianocean
New book: "Le cas Bugeaud : Les violences de la conquête coloniale en Algérie" by Colette Zytnicki (Editions Tallandier) tallandier.com/livre/le-cas... #histoirecoloniale #colonialhistory #colonialAlgeria #colonialviolence #violencescoloniales #Bugeaud #colonialism
January 22, 2026 at 4:47 PM
New book: "Le cas Bugeaud : Les violences de la conquête coloniale en Algérie" by Colette Zytnicki (Editions Tallandier) tallandier.com/livre/le-cas... #histoirecoloniale #colonialhistory #colonialAlgeria #colonialviolence #violencescoloniales #Bugeaud #colonialism
"After beginning his account in #Timbuktu, Jeppie traces the literary connections among places as distant as Marrakesh in the north and Sokoto in the south" - Shamil Jeppie's "Writing Timbuktu: The Book in West African History" now out @princetonupress.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
January 21, 2026 at 11:42 PM
"After beginning his account in #Timbuktu, Jeppie traces the literary connections among places as distant as Marrakesh in the north and Sokoto in the south" - Shamil Jeppie's "Writing Timbuktu: The Book in West African History" now out @princetonupress.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Friends & Colleagues in Oxford: @rosschwa.bsky.social and I will be presenting my #novel "Venice Requiem" @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social on Friday 6 Feb. 5:15pm at @mfoxford.bsky.social. We will be in conversation with Jane Hiddleston @exeter.ox.ac.uk mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/book-p... #VeniceRequiem
Book Presentation: 'Venice Requiem' by Khalid Lyamlahy, translated by Ros Schwartz
With author Khalid Lyamlahy (University of Chicago) and translator Ros Schwartz I Chaired by: Jane Hiddleston (Exeter)
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January 21, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Friends & Colleagues in Oxford: @rosschwa.bsky.social and I will be presenting my #novel "Venice Requiem" @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social on Friday 6 Feb. 5:15pm at @mfoxford.bsky.social. We will be in conversation with Jane Hiddleston @exeter.ox.ac.uk mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/book-p... #VeniceRequiem
The Arabic #translation of my novel "Évocation d'un mémorial à Venise" by Bassent Fouad is now out with @sefsafapublishing.bsky.social. Huge thanks to the translator for her remarkable work & to the publisher for welcoming the book. Many thanks to the OIF & to Raphaël Thierry for their support.
January 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
The Arabic #translation of my novel "Évocation d'un mémorial à Venise" by Bassent Fouad is now out with @sefsafapublishing.bsky.social. Huge thanks to the translator for her remarkable work & to the publisher for welcoming the book. Many thanks to the OIF & to Raphaël Thierry for their support.
The Arabic #translation by Sahar Ali of Peter Limbrick's book @ucpress.bsky.social about the work of Moroccan filmmaker Moumen Smihi now out with Amaa Baad. Five years ago, I reviewed the book for @criticalinquiry.bsky.social criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/khalid_lyaml... #Moroccancinema #MoumenSmihi
January 15, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The Arabic #translation by Sahar Ali of Peter Limbrick's book @ucpress.bsky.social about the work of Moroccan filmmaker Moumen Smihi now out with Amaa Baad. Five years ago, I reviewed the book for @criticalinquiry.bsky.social criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/khalid_lyaml... #Moroccancinema #MoumenSmihi
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LITRO Magazine opens their 2026 World Series with Venice Requiem by Khalid Lyamlahy, translated by Ros Schwartz publishing February 5th by HopeRoad.
Pre-order now on directly or with your local indie.
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Venice Requiem | Litro Magazine
A Litro #TuesdayTales feature on Venice Requiem, a translated novel by Khalid Lyamlahy — Venice, memory, migration, and the ethics of witness.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:29 AM
LITRO Magazine opens their 2026 World Series with Venice Requiem by Khalid Lyamlahy, translated by Ros Schwartz publishing February 5th by HopeRoad.
Pre-order now on directly or with your local indie.
www.litromagazine.com/world-series...
@inpressbooks.bsky.social @litromagazine.bsky.social
Pre-order now on directly or with your local indie.
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📢Job Alert: The Department of Modern Languages & Literatures at @mountallison.bsky.social invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Professor specializing in 20th/ 21st century French literature. Start date: July 1, 2026 bit.ly/4byHtWR
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
📢Job Alert: The Department of Modern Languages & Literatures at @mountallison.bsky.social invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Professor specializing in 20th/ 21st century French literature. Start date: July 1, 2026 bit.ly/4byHtWR
📢Job Alert: The Department of French & Francophone Studies (FFS) at @davidsoncollege.bsky.social invites applications for a position of Visiting Assistant Professor in French & Francophone Studies to begin July 1. A 2-year, non-TT position, 5-course teaching load/year bit.ly/4qdY9HM #teachingjobs
January 13, 2026 at 9:20 PM
📢Job Alert: The Department of French & Francophone Studies (FFS) at @davidsoncollege.bsky.social invites applications for a position of Visiting Assistant Professor in French & Francophone Studies to begin July 1. A 2-year, non-TT position, 5-course teaching load/year bit.ly/4qdY9HM #teachingjobs
"A work of fiction written as a form of witness — refusing easy moral display, and instead pressing on the harder question: what does it mean to look, to narrate, to arrive late?". Grateful to @litromagazine.bsky.social for this review! litromagazine.com/world-series...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"A work of fiction written as a form of witness — refusing easy moral display, and instead pressing on the harder question: what does it mean to look, to narrate, to arrive late?". Grateful to @litromagazine.bsky.social for this review! litromagazine.com/world-series...
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
"A vital, compassionate work that challenges, honours and, ultimately, elevates the human spirit" - My novel, "Venice Requiem", tr. Ros Schwartz, was featured in the Aug. 2025 issue of @thebookseller.com! Grateful to N. Onwuemezi! hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
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January 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
"A vital, compassionate work that challenges, honours and, ultimately, elevates the human spirit" - My novel, "Venice Requiem", tr. Ros Schwartz, was featured in the Aug. 2025 issue of @thebookseller.com! Grateful to N. Onwuemezi! hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice...
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
Passed away yesterday: Moroccan journalist, translator, and poet Saïd Ahid. Worked for the Moroccan dailies "Al-Ittihad Al-Ichtiraki" and "Libération". Active member of the Moroccan Writers' Union. Translated several books into Arabic, including Leïla Bahsaïn's first novel "Le Ciel sous nos pas".
January 11, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Passed away yesterday: Moroccan journalist, translator, and poet Saïd Ahid. Worked for the Moroccan dailies "Al-Ittihad Al-Ichtiraki" and "Libération". Active member of the Moroccan Writers' Union. Translated several books into Arabic, including Leïla Bahsaïn's first novel "Le Ciel sous nos pas".
"Trois publications qui livrent des impressions outrepassant, par leur finesse, les discours stéréotypés sur l’univers de la création" en Algérie - Brillante lecture par Faris Lounis de 3 textes aux #EditionsBarzakh: www.en-attendant-nadeau.fr/2026/01/09/i... #AssiaDjebar #GhizlanTouati #KhierChouar
Impressions algériennes - En attendant Nadeau
L’Algérie est un pays qui a le privilège d’être raconté dans plusieurs langues : d’Assia Djebar avec La Beauté de Joseph à L’Année infertile, de de Khier Chouar et Un moment inopportun pour acheter du...
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January 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
"Trois publications qui livrent des impressions outrepassant, par leur finesse, les discours stéréotypés sur l’univers de la création" en Algérie - Brillante lecture par Faris Lounis de 3 textes aux #EditionsBarzakh: www.en-attendant-nadeau.fr/2026/01/09/i... #AssiaDjebar #GhizlanTouati #KhierChouar
New book: "The Colonization of Names: Symbolic Violence and France’s Occupation of Algeria" by Benjamin Claude Brower @utaustin.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social cup.columbia.edu/book/the-col... #colonization #personalnames #Algeria #Frenchcolonization #names #symbolicviolence
January 9, 2026 at 5:21 PM
New book: "The Colonization of Names: Symbolic Violence and France’s Occupation of Algeria" by Benjamin Claude Brower @utaustin.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social cup.columbia.edu/book/the-col... #colonization #personalnames #Algeria #Frenchcolonization #names #symbolicviolence
Prof. Stuart Schaar passed away on January 5 in Marrakech. A distinguished historian of the Middle East & North Africa. Professor Emeritus at @brooklyncollege.bsky.social. He published an intellectual biography of Eqbal Ahmad and coedited three volumes on the Middle East and Islamic world.
January 9, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Prof. Stuart Schaar passed away on January 5 in Marrakech. A distinguished historian of the Middle East & North Africa. Professor Emeritus at @brooklyncollege.bsky.social. He published an intellectual biography of Eqbal Ahmad and coedited three volumes on the Middle East and Islamic world.
The new issue of the French magazine "Esprit" includes a special section on Frantz Fanon. Contributions by @adamshatz.bsky.social #NormanAjari #MathieuRenault #RomualdFonkoua & others esprit.presse.fr/tous-les-num... #FrantzFanon #Fanon #RevueEsprit
January 8, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The new issue of the French magazine "Esprit" includes a special section on Frantz Fanon. Contributions by @adamshatz.bsky.social #NormanAjari #MathieuRenault #RomualdFonkoua & others esprit.presse.fr/tous-les-num... #FrantzFanon #Fanon #RevueEsprit