Sawad Hussain

Jan 9, 2025 | fivebooks.com | Blessing Musariri |Djamila Morani |Sawad Hussain |Melissa Welliver

When It's Your Turn for Midnight This is a beautifully written novel that explores the complexities of family bonds, both biological and found. After an explosive quarrel involving her parents and sisters, 15 year old Chianti runs away to stay with her feisty grandmother in the Zimbabwean border town of Mutare.

Mar 7, 2024 | bookshop.org | Bothayna Wail al-Essa |Sawad Hussain |Ranya Abdelrahman

"A breathless, kaleidoscopic novel"--Hannah Somerville, Banipal"Lyrical and poetic... Al-Essa has a way of making the reader feel as if they themselves are being oppressed...

Feb 20, 2024 | audiofilemagazine.com | Haji Jabir |Sawad Hussain

Youssif Kamal lends his flexible baritone to this ambitious novel about the universal feeling of wanting to belong. He becomes the ever shifting Dawoud, also known as David, Adal, and Dawit, depending on where he is living and trying to fit in. Kamal's narration is smooth and well paced, almost to the point of a silkiness that reflects the more sensual moments of the plot. Listeners will be entranced by this performance.

Sep 3, 2023 | themarkaz.org | Ahmed Isselmou |Sawad Hussain

An unfortunate Mauritanian man perseveres, maintaiing his resilience and sense of humor amidst continuous adversities. Ahmed IsselmouTranslated by Sawad HussainCarefully, he read the handwritten notice in the bank window: PLEASE COUNT YOUR MONEY BEFORE YOU LEAVE. Yes, it was all there: seven thousand. Exactly what the teller had said his balance was. He looked at his phone: 10:10 a.m. No worries, I’ve still got more than enough time he told himself. She’ll probably be an hour late anyways.

May 4, 2023 | asymptotejournal.com | Haji Jabir |Sawad Hussain |Marcia Lynx Qualey

Black Foam by Haji Jabir, translated from the Arabic by Sawad Hussain and Marcia Lynx Qualey, Amazon Crossing, 2023In a 2019 interview with Marcia Lynx Qualey for Arab Lit, Haji Jabir gives a fascinating response when asked whether he writes “political novels”: “I write about the people of my country, because they are a persecuted and suffering people, and so my novels come in this manner.