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Nassir al-Sayeid al-Nour

Nassir al-Sayeid al-Nour is a Sudanese critic, translator and author.

The Jungo: Stakes of the Earth – Should the Novel be Reconsidered Narratively or Politically? 

Nassir al-Sayeid al-Nour
Jungo English, Arabic, French book covers

The Novel and the Author The novelist Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin, widely regarded as one of the most prolific and internationally acclaimed Sudanese writers, achieved broad recognition with his novel The …

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Sudan: Narrative of Identity, War, Exile, and the Tragedy of a Forgotten Land

Nassir al-Sayeid al-Nour

The phrase “When God created Sudan, He laughed” is widely circulated within Sudanese society or by foreigners who are related to Sudan in one way or another. Whether attributed to …

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Edward Said and the Palestinian Narrative of Exile

Nassir al-Sayeid al-Nour
Image of Edward Said as a child on book cover.

Even twenty-three years after his passing, the shadow of Edward Said—Palestinian by birth, American by experience, and humanist by conviction—still stretches across the global intellectual landscape. Debate surrounds him as …

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The Last Threads of Dreams

Tasnim Taha, Nassir al-Sayeid al-Nour
spools of threads

Having been convinced that I would never reach the west side, I decided to come to Paris. I arrived at Gare du Nord station. Unbelievably, my plan to spend a …

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The Psychoanalytic Imagination in Dr. Alan Kikani’s The Obsessed

Nassir al-Sayeid al-Nour
Cover photo of The Obsess. The title is in Arabic and it is am image of a man starting at the silhouette of another manin the fog.

Syrian (Kurdish) novelist and surgeon Alan Kikani has recently published his fourth narrative work, a novel titled The Obsessed, released by London-based Ramina Books, in which he skillfully merges an …

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Organized Violence and Resistance in Sudanese Theatrical Experience: The Play “Those Who Crossed the River” as a Model

Nassir al-Sayeid al-Nour, Alsir AlSayed
Theater Mask with Turban

Abstract This paper seeks to explore how resistance to organized violence manifested in the play “Those Who Crossed the River.” It will provide definitions of the terms “organized violence” and …

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The Hangman

Nassir al-Sayeid al-Nour, Dr. Abuelgasim Gour
gallows with rope

A giant man dangled by the gallows rope driven by a ruthless desire for death. Calmly and expertly, I moved the latch. His death was a nice, delicious and velvety …

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The Diver: a Novel about Abu Hamid AL-Ghazali, A Historical Character, Fictionally Restored

Nassir al-Sayeid al-Nour
Al-Ghazali book cover. The Diver.

The acclaimed Egyptian novelist and linguist Dr. Reem Bassiouney, mostly known for her historical serial novels, in particular her trilogy of the Mamluk era, has recently issued her new novel …

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His Own Birth

Baraka Sakin, Nassir al-Sayeid al-Nour

Her moan dragged me into the place. I was so fatigued. Working a new system had sucked the last lively drop out of our veins, but my mistrust of the …

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Nothing at All!

Fatima Elimam, Nassir al-Sayeid al-Nour
Dr. Fatima whyo is wearing a beige hijab.

She picked up the teacups and the biscuit crumbs, and everything fell to the ground, and they all lay down with everything on the same floor. In the meantime, the …

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