Posted on June 26, 2012October 29, 2015 by archipelagoReasons to love Elias Khoury We love Elias Khoury over here. You should too. Here are some reasons. 1. He understands Egypt 2. He rethinks the Nakba 3. He was awarded this year’s U.N. Culture Prize
4. Yalo is one of the world’s most amazing literary explorations of memory & violence.
5. His acclaimed novel “Gate of the Sun” inspired a real “Gate of the Sun”
http://arablit.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/elias-khourys-letter-to-the-real-gate-of-the-sun/
6. His historical novel “As Though She Were Sleeping” gorgeously creates and recreates 1930s and 1940s Lebanon and Palestine http://arablit.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/elias-khourys-as-though-she-were-sleeping/
7. That book centers on a female character; Khoury has said he’s interested in “feminizing imagination”
http://arablit.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/elias-khoury-a-writers-journey/
8. He met Yusuf Idris and was all starry-eyed about it
http://arablit.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/elias-khoury-on-why-the-greatest-authors-are-invisible/
9. Like all sensible people, he loves a bit of Mutanabbi
http://arablit.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/al-mutanabbi-and-elias-khourys-as-though-she-were-sleeping/
10. He has brilliant advice on writing
http://arablit.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/elias-khoury-brilliantly-on-writing/
I could go on, but I thought this post needed at least 10!
Marcia.