The author says his time as a travel journalist in Dubai informed him how he could move his characters around and what that meant. The National, October 2020 Sometimes, inspiration can strike, and stick, in […]
‘Colonialism obviously transformed everything, and in that process you can find good aspects,’ says Gurnah. The National, September 2020 When Abdulrazak Gurnah was growing up in 1950s Zanzibar, he was told stories of the First […]
Ocean Vuong explores family trauma, ex-goalkeeper Neville Southall reveals all and Robert Saviano goes back to the mob. The Observer, September 2020 On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Ocean VuongVintage, £8.99, pp256 (paperback) The central idea […]
Photographer Obaid AlBudoor embarked on a three-year project to document Sharjah’s landscapes, natural and urban. It is here, he says, that he fell in love with photography. Hadara, September 2020 Obaid AlBudoor can remember the […]
Her Booker Prize-longlisted novel is hard to pin down, but that’s why it’s brilliant. The National, September 2020 The classic images of the American “Wild West,” of horse towns, savage yet beautiful landscapes and dastardly […]