Contributor

Najwa Bin Shatwan

Contributor

Najwa Bin Shatwan

Libya

Najwa Bin Shatwan is a Libyan academic and novelist. She is the author of three novels: Waber Al Ahssina (The Horses’ Hair, 2005); Madmum Burtuqali (Orange Content, 2008); and Zareeb Al-Abeed (The Slave Pens, 2016), in addition to collections of short stories and plays....

She was chosen as one of the thirty-nine best Arab authors under the age of forty by the Beirut39 project of the Hay Festival. Zareeb Al-Abeed was shortlisted for the 2017 International Award for Arabic Fiction (IPAF).

Portrait of a Libyan Scream

By Najwa Bin Shatwan

Later this month, UEA Publishing Project will release Mo(a)t: Stories from Arabic, an anthology of short fiction by Arabophone writers from the African diaspora, edited by Garen Torikian and…

Translated by Sawad Hussain

Run, George!

By Najwa Bin Shatwan

“There is hope. There is joy. Come on, George, let’s grab a slice of some of that fun and happiness for ourselves!”

Translated from Arabic by Sawad Hussain

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Najwa Bin Shatwan

Najwa Bin Shatwan

Articles by Najwa Bin Shatwan

Portrait of a Libyan Scream

Run, George!