SOAS University of London | The Detective Novel and Arabic Noir - Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2023 @soasuni | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
On 12 Oct 2023, SOAS School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics hosted the Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2023. The ‘Young Author’ category was awarded to Said Khatibi for Nehayat Al Sahra’a (The End of the Desert), published by Hachette Antoine / Nofal in 2022, a work of crime fiction depicting the long-lasting effects of the Algerian War over future generations. The book stands out as a noteworthy addition to the scarce historical detective novels in modern Arabic literature that cater to younger readers.
The recording is a discussion with Said Khatibi, joined by Dr Jonathan Smolin, Dartmouth College and Dr Pei-Cen Tsung, National Chengchi University as discussant.
Biography:
Said Khatibi (Algeria) is a writer, journalist and translator, working and living in Slovenia since 2016. He has published several translations, including the translation of the poetry of Kateb Yacine, an anthology of Algerian short stories written in French and The Encyclopedia of African Cinema. He is author of four published novels: Kitāb al-khaṭāyā (The Book of Sins, 2013), Arbaʿūn ʿāman fī intiẓār Isābelle (Forty Years Waiting for Isabelle, 2016), Haṭab Sarajevo (Firewood of Sarajevo, 2018); and the SZBA winning novel Nihāyat al- ṣaḥrāʾ (The End of the Sahara, 2022).
On 12 Oct 2023, SOAS School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics hosted the Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2023. The ‘Young Author’ category was awarded to Said Khatibi for Nehayat Al Sahra’a (The End of the Desert), published by Hachette Antoine / Nofal in 2022, a work of crime fiction depicting the long-lasting effects of the Algerian War over future generations. The book stands out as a noteworthy addition to the scarce historical detective novels in modern Arabic literature that cater to younger readers.
The recording is a discussion with Said Khatibi, joined by Dr Jonathan Smolin, Dartmouth College and Dr Pei-Cen Tsung, National Chengchi University as discussant.
Biography:
Said Khatibi (Algeria) is a writer, journalist and translator, working and living in Slovenia since 2016. He has published several translations, including the translation of the poetry of Kateb Yacine, an anthology of Algerian short stories written in French and The Encyclopedia of African Cinema. He is author of four published novels: Kitāb al-khaṭāyā (The Book of Sins, 2013), Arbaʿūn ʿāman fī intiẓār Isābelle (Forty Years Waiting for Isabelle, 2016), Haṭab Sarajevo (Firewood of Sarajevo, 2018); and the SZBA winning novel Nihāyat al- ṣaḥrāʾ (The End of the Sahara, 2022).
