Impressions from the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean, that mythical sea of many names, has been and continues to be defined by its incredible artistic wealth. For this issue of Transcript, we have gathered together voices from an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Identities in Motion – Parallels between the Writing Process and the Process...
1. What is my identity? I am not a psychologist, not a sociologist, not a literary scholar. Spontaneously, I’d say: it is the image I have of myself. It is a picture that changes around the margins...
View Article(Deutsch) Identitäten im Fluss – Singuläre Identitäten
Sorry, this entry is only available in German.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Identities in Motion – After Nora Slammed the Door
When born, my birth certificate identified me as “Egyptian” and “Moslem”. Yet while growing up, I acquired an identity which was more telling of who I am. Being a feminist pinpoints my objective, the...
View Article(Deutsch) Identitäten im Fluss – Gedanken zum Thema „Identität“
Sorry, this entry is only available in German.
View ArticleIdentities in Motion – My Mythomanias
I have always envied places where one can read the time from their surfaces. Cobbles worn down by footsteps for example, statues rubbed smooth by thousands of fingers, attics stuffed full with...
View ArticleIdentities in Motion – the Author between the Popular and the Official Identity
The official identity which the state tries to formulate and extend to all social strata is different from, if not totally opposed to, the popular identity adopted by Egyptians. This is because the...
View Article(Deutsch) Zerafa
(Deutsch) Er lebte zusammen mit seiner Oma und seinem Onkel, einem Junggesellen in den Fünfzigern, der auf den Trockendocks arbeitete, wie ein Kretin lief und über seine Konsonanten stolperte. Seine...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Heart in the Sea
Chariots There are men who die with the wrong name, others who invent, forget, or doubt their names, I know every syllable of my name in Arabic, every word is a direction. – Haifa, My Longing I miss...
View Article
