Khat Intihar (Suicide Line): Amir Zaki, Kotob Khan: Cairo, 2015.
The young writer, journalist and translator, Amir Zaki, has released his first short stories collection entitled Khat Intihar (Suicide Line), from Kotob Khan Publishing House.
The collection includes 12 short stories about alone people enclosed in their own solitude, finding themselves disoriented in a confusing environment. He moves between the themes of love and war, creation and social oppression.
Amir Zaki, 26, graduated from Cairo University's philosophy department in 2009.
He translated (TheYear of Dreaming Dangerously) by Slavoj Žižek in 2013, and The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature in 2014, both released from Tanweer Publishing house in Cairo. He has also authored various articles and translated numerous texts by Friedrich Nietzsche and Samuel Beckett.
He publishes his own translations and readings on his blog called Boring Books.
Source: Ahram Online
GMT 07:24 2017 Monday ,11 December
1,229 titles on display at Oman book fairGMT 14:18 2017 Tuesday ,28 November
ZU students publish book about UAE’s Pre-Union EraGMT 14:09 2017 Tuesday ,28 November
Zayed Book Award announces longlist for Literary Studies 2017-2018GMT 15:00 2017 Sunday ,05 November
Magnitude 4 earthquake recorded in south Saudi ArabiaGMT 14:56 2017 Sunday ,05 November
Saudi Arabia pulls 'indecent' novel from bookstoresGMT 12:43 2017 Sunday ,05 November
The Fourth Bin-dustrial Revolution at Sharjah International Book FairGMT 07:29 2017 Friday ,03 November
Sharjah book fair fires up pursuit of knowledgeGMT 08:43 2017 Monday ,25 September
Al Ain Book Fair to welcome all book loversMaintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor