Using Life

by Ahmed Naji and أحمد ناجي

Book Overview

Upon its initial release in Arabic in the fall of 2014, Using Life received acclaim in Egypt and the wider Arab world. But in 2016, Ahmed Naji was sentenced to two years in prison after a reader complained that an excerpt published in a literary journal harmed public morality. His imprisonment marks the first time in modern Egypt that an author has been jailed for a work of literature. Writers and literary organizations around the world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477314806
• ISBN13: 9781477314807
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies Ut-Austin
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.5"