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Episode: Remembering Hamdi Abu Golayyel
Description: Egyptian novelist Hamdi Abu Golayyel died last month at the age of 56. In this episode, we remember Hamdi and his one-of-a-kind literary career, telling the story of Egypt’s laborers, Bedouin, and migrants. Show Notes:Egyptian Novelist Hamdi Abu Golayyel Dies at 56: ‘There Was No One Like Him’A Special Section at ArabLit on Abu Golayyel, Bedouin Poetry, and ‘The Men Who Swallowed the Sun’Mohamed Kheir remembers HamdyBooks available in translation are: Thieves in Retirement (translated by Marilyn Booth), A Dog with No Tail (tr...