Noshin Bokth

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Freelance Writer at The New Arab

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Navigating post-revolutionary Egypt after prison

3 days ago | newarab.com | Noshin Bokth

Egyptian author Mohamed Kheir's latest novel, Sleep Phase, is an extraordinarily crafted and rewarding Kafkaesque tale. Mohamed’s background as a poet and lyricist resounds throughout the eccentric world and mind of Warif, a translator by trade, recently released from a seven-year prison sentence.
Finding motherhood in Hala Alyan's I’ll Tell You When I’m Home

1 month ago | newarab.com | Noshin Bokth

Award-winning author and poet Hala Alyan’s debut memoir, I’ll Tell You When I’m Home, is a poignant exploration of her tumultuous path to parenthood, identity, and displacement. In this memoir, Hala documents her experience with infertility and finding motherhood through surrogacy, a journey intricately linked to her fractured background as a displaced Palestinian. Her poetic background resonates throughout the memoir, with fluid prose that conveys her desperate longing to become a mother.
A poetic dive into love, betrayal, and healing

2 months ago | newarab.com | Noshin Bokth

Long-admired Egyptian poet Fatma Qandil makes her English debut with her first novel, Empty Cages: A Novel. Winner of the 2022 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, the novel is semi-autobiographical and profoundly intimate. The book follows the ostensibly ordinary life of an Egyptian middle-class family in the sixties, unearthing their explosive secrets, which are concealed behind closed doors.
A journey between time, faith, and sin in The Orchards of Basra

Feb 19, 2025 | english.alaraby.co.uk | Noshin Bokth

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 Acclaimed Egyptian author Mansoura Ez-Eldin's novel The Orchards of Basra is a captivating novel that centres around Hisham Al Khattab, an antique bookseller in Cairo. Though his occupation appears lackluster, he is a complex character whose tenuous thread with reality is disturbed by a strange dream.
A journey between time, faith, and sin in The Orchards of Basra

Feb 19, 2025 | newarab.com | Noshin Bokth

Acclaimed Egyptian author Mansoura Ez-Eldin's novel The Orchards of Basra is a captivating novel that centres around Hisham Al Khattab, an antique bookseller in Cairo. Though his occupation appears lackluster, he is a complex character whose tenuous thread with reality is disturbed by a strange dream. His journey to understand this vision takes him to Basra at the end of the Umayyad period. There, he learns of a man named Yazid ibn Abih, whom he believes to be his past self.
The Earthquake: Seismic Algerian epic gets new lease of life

Apr 9, 2024 | english.alaraby.co.uk | Noshin Bokth

The Earthquake: Tahir Wattar's seismic Algerian epic lives on Book Club: Reissued by Saqi Books, Tahir Wattar's classic novel The Earthquake is a dreamlike trip through a turbulent 1970s Algeria in chaos. Saqi Books has recently published a reissue of Tahir Wattar’s modern Algerian classic novel, , on its 50th anniversary. Wattar is a renowned Algerian author whose works have been salient in understanding the complexities of post-colonial Algeria.
Seismic Algerian epic gets new lease of life

Apr 9, 2024 | newarab.com | Noshin Bokth

Saqi Books has recently published a reissue of Tahir Wattar's modern Algerian classic novel, , on its 50th anniversary. Wattar is a renowned Algerian author whose works have been salient in understanding the complexities of post-colonial Algeria. The events of the book take place in the nascent stages of the country's independence. However, Tahir Wattar's world is far from idyllic. He depicts a grotesque society in profound turmoil after colonial entities have ravaged their lives.
The Jinn Daughter: An enchanting mixture of Syrian mythology

Apr 3, 2024 | english.alaraby.co.uk | Noshin Bokth

The Jinn Daughter: Enchanting novel mixes Syrian mythology with mysticism Book Club: Drawing on the rich tapestry of Syrian mythology, Rania Hanna's The Jinn Daughter is a deftly woven tale about our urge to outmanoeuvre death. American-Syrian neuroscientist Rania Hanna makes her striking debut as an author with her novel The Jinn Daughter. Combining aspects of Syrian mythology and folklore, Hanna has crafted a mystical world in homage to her roots.
An enchanting mixture of Syrian mythology

Apr 3, 2024 | newarab.com | Noshin Bokth

American-Syrian neuroscientist Rania Hanna makes her striking debut as an author with her novel The Jinn Daughter. Combining aspects of Syrian mythology and folklore, Hanna has crafted a mystical world in homage to her roots. Both the Muslim faith and Syrian culture believe in the existence of jinns, a supernatural creature made of smoke that can be inherently good or evil in the same way as their human counterparts.
Egyptian Earth: Reviving a modern classic of Arab literature

Mar 20, 2024 | english.alaraby.co.uk | Noshin Bokth

Egyptian Earth: Reviving a modern classic of Arab literature Book Club: Translated into English for the first time, al-Sharqawi's masterpiece depicts an Egyptian village community's struggle against class oppression. Egyptian Earth by Abdel Rahman al-Sharqawi is a timeless masterpiece of Arabic literature.