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Jacqueline Harpman’s Forgotten Feminist Novel Finds New Global Fame

This is Beirut, 30/04 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Novel Literature Culture Writing

The reissue of I Who Have Never Known Men by Belgian author Jacqueline Harpman marks the unexpected resurgence of a feminist dystopian novel. Critically acclaimed upon its 1995 release, the book has found new life on social media in the 2020s. Following successful reissues in the UK and US, French publisher Stock is now bringing the haunting ...

'Pays amer': Georgia Makhlouf Revives the Memory of the Pioneers

Bélinda Ibrahim, 21/02 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

Lebanon Novel Georgia Makhlouf Interview Culture

Pays amer (Presses de la Cité, 2024) is Georgia Makhlouf’s third novel. It weaves together the stories of two Lebanese female photographers, separated by a century. One narrative unfolds in the 1920s, a time when Lebanon is shaping its future, while the other centers on Mona, a woman in 2020, navigating a country in crisis. Oscillating between ...

Court Ruling Lifts India’s Decades-Old Ban on Rushdie’s Novel

This is Beirut, 2024-11-10 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Novel Ban Culture

A historic ruling by the Delhi High Court has officially lifted India’s longstanding ban on The Satanic Verses, the novel by British-American author Salman Rushdie. The decision, rooted in a legal technicality, effectively nullifies the import restriction imposed in 1988 due to the lack of any tangible record of the original ban order. The ban ...

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