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"Of Wood and Hallucination"—fiction from Mansoura Ez-Eldin
After the war, a few scant survivors become one with the elements; one takes to writing down thousands of words a day in an invented language.
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My story "Of Wood and Hallucination".. translated by Lina Mounzir and published on The Markaz Review.
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#nowreading Best Literary Translations 2025 published by Deep Vellum Publishing in Dallas, TX
So far, my favorite story is “Of Wood and Hallucinatiton" by Mansoura Ez-Eldin, first published by The Markaz Review @markaz-review.bsky.social
So far, my favorite story is “Of Wood and Hallucinatiton" by Mansoura Ez-Eldin, first published by The Markaz Review @markaz-review.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
#nowreading Best Literary Translations 2025 published by Deep Vellum Publishing in Dallas, TX
So far, my favorite story is “Of Wood and Hallucinatiton" by Mansoura Ez-Eldin, first published by The Markaz Review @markaz-review.bsky.social
So far, my favorite story is “Of Wood and Hallucinatiton" by Mansoura Ez-Eldin, first published by The Markaz Review @markaz-review.bsky.social
Thankful to Jacob Wirtschafter for this enlightening review of "The Orchards of Basra" and to The Markaz Review for publishing it.
Reading The Orchards of Basra
The Orchards of Basra weaves together elements of dreams, memory, and forgotten philosophy, insisting that some stories cannot be silenced.
themarkaz.org
September 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thankful to Jacob Wirtschafter for this enlightening review of "The Orchards of Basra" and to The Markaz Review for publishing it.
The first copies of "The Orchards of Basra" have arrived!
June 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The first copies of "The Orchards of Basra" have arrived!
TB: Bothayna Alessa💞
May 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
TB: Bothayna Alessa💞
"The dream and the nightmare are spun from the same thread; my dreams and nightmares are woven from the same fabric. With my words, I have laid traps for myself. I was both the hunter and the prey...."
The first chapter of my novel Shadow Spectres, translated from the Arabic by Fatima El-Kalay.
The first chapter of my novel Shadow Spectres, translated from the Arabic by Fatima El-Kalay.
"Not a Picture, a Precise Kick"—metafiction
A writer from Cairo imagines a chance encounter between two writers in Prague enamored of Kafka.
themarkaz.org
May 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"The dream and the nightmare are spun from the same thread; my dreams and nightmares are woven from the same fabric. With my words, I have laid traps for myself. I was both the hunter and the prey...."
The first chapter of my novel Shadow Spectres, translated from the Arabic by Fatima El-Kalay.
The first chapter of my novel Shadow Spectres, translated from the Arabic by Fatima El-Kalay.
My story "Of Wood and Hallucination".. translated by Lina Mounzir and published on The Markaz Review.
"Of Wood and Hallucination"—fiction from Mansoura Ez-Eldin
After the war, a few scant survivors become one with the elements; one takes to writing down thousands of words a day in an invented language.
themarkaz.org
May 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
My story "Of Wood and Hallucination".. translated by Lina Mounzir and published on The Markaz Review.
Reposted
"What emerges throughout The Orchards of Basra is how fragile and prone to disintegration the borders of identity are," writes critic Alex Tan. Read Tan’s review of the novel by Mansoura Ez Eldin, which is translated from Arabic by Paul Starkey:
Unconscious Spells: On Mansoura Ez Eldin’s The Orchards of Basra - Words Without Borders
"What emerges throughout The Orchards of Basra is how fragile and prone to disintegration the borders of identity are," writes critic Alex Tan.
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April 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"What emerges throughout The Orchards of Basra is how fragile and prone to disintegration the borders of identity are," writes critic Alex Tan. Read Tan’s review of the novel by Mansoura Ez Eldin, which is translated from Arabic by Paul Starkey:
Reposted
'In The Orchards of Basra', Hisham, a bookseller, is drawn into the life of Yazid, an intellectual from ancient Basra, by a series of strange dreams👇
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A journey between time, faith, and sin in The Orchards of Basra
Book Club: 'In The Orchards of Basra', Hisham, a bookseller, is drawn into the life of Yazid, an intellectual from ancient Basra, by a series of strange dreams
www.newarab.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
'In The Orchards of Basra', Hisham, a bookseller, is drawn into the life of Yazid, an intellectual from ancient Basra, by a series of strange dreams👇
www.newarab.com/features/jou...
www.newarab.com/features/jou...