New Writing from Sudan

December 2013

This month’s feature presents stories of estrangement by three Sudanese writers: Nagi Al-Badawi, Adil al-Qassas, and Sabah Babiker Ibraheem Sanhouri. Guest editor Max Shmookler provides an introduction.

Biting their Mother Tongue: Three Sudanese Short Stories about Estrangement

By Max Shmookler

Arabic is a language of literary culture in Khartoum and other urban centers but a language of profound violence elsewhere in the country.

Conjunctions

By Nagi Al-Badawi

President Numiri’s military vehicles were crossing over the playground of doves.

Translated from Arabic by Max Shmookler & Najlaa Eltom

Multilingual

A Condition

By Adil al-Qassas

The only thing that’s left is the noose itself.

Translated from Arabic by Max Shmookler & Najlaa Eltom

Multilingual

Isolation

By Sabah Babiker Ibraheem Sanhouri

Perhaps, at the least, I would remember who I was.

Translated from Arabic by Max Shmookler & Najlaa Eltom

Multilingual

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New Writing from Sudan

December 2013

Biting their Mother Tongue: Three Sudanese Short Stories about Estrangement

Conjunctions

A Condition

Isolation