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Khalid Oways

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Khalid Oways

In novels such as Al-raqs taht al-matar [Dancing in the Rain] and Watan khalaf al-qudhbân [A Nation behind Bars], Khalid Oways, who lives in the United Arab Emirates, also criticizes the damage caused by dictatorship, as well as religions intolerance, using violent language to create a violent atmosphere.

Articles by Khalid Oways

from “A Nation behind Bars”
By Khalid Oways
TRANSLATOR’S NOTE: The author is Sudanese. This excerpt is a translation from Watanun Khalfa al-Qudban (Beirut: Dar Al Saqi, 2002, ch. 17, pp. 46-52). It takes place in the early to mid-1990s, a…
Translated from Arabic by Jonathan Smolin