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In this 5-minute interview, Turkish novelist Elif Shafak talks about her new novel, Honour. Esma, a young Kurdish woman in London tries to grapple with an elusive peace, remembering a terrible murder committed by her brother. The plot studies three generations of family ties, rooted from a village on the edge of the Euphrates river, where Esma's mother and aunt were born.
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Here, Elif Shafak reads from her newest novel, Honour.
The novel's theme may have turned incidentally ironical for an alleged honour killing case that is currently running in the London courts where 17-year old Shafilea Ahmed is said to have been suffocated to death by her own parents, for having brought shame to the family with her Westernised ways & her refusal to succumb to an arranged marriage. The accusation is being made by her sister. You may read more by clicking on to this Link at the Daily Mail UK .
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Here's a short interview with Sri Lankan novelist in England, Roma Tearne who published Brixton Beach.
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A favourite legendary star in Nigerian cinema is Patience Ozokwo, who through her genius acts reflecting West African culture, inspired me to embrace Nigerian literature with far more relish and persuasion than any other African writer could. Ozokwo is famous for her very funny acting roles, although she is often famed for playing the wicked mother-in-law! Here you may get a glimpse of her familiar on-screen temper. I have spoken to the actress a few times over Twitter and she really is rather wonderful! After watching Ozokwo in action together with a brilliant cast settled in scores of films over the years, I am convinced of Nigeria's world-class comedy and high talent involving literature, storytelling, music and the cinematic arts.
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New Age music featuring Innuit (Eskimo)life.
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Displayed, is a trailer from one of my favourite Lebanese film collections. Titled A Perfect Day and filmed in 2005, the Arabic screenplay that received wide acclaim in Europe, traces 24 hours in the life of Malek who suffers from a severe sleep disorder. In the present time that he lives with his mother, Claudia, Malek is forced to draw an official closure on a father missing for many years, revive himself from the loss of direction that his sickness puts him in, try to broach peace with an agonising mother and reclaim a girlfriend, Zeina who once spurned him. Terribly haunting and full of a disquiet that may raise swift empathy with the viewer. The question is, will today be Malek's perfect day? Striking images too, of Beirut.
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One of my favourite Israeli-based Arabic novelists is Syed Kashua.I stay intoxicated by Let it be Morning, a novel that featured an unsettling everyday lifestyle amongst Palestinians, resident in the old Arabic quarter of Israel. An English translation of Let it be Morning was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2008. Kashua writes about memorable bad politics, corruption and poor social ethics in bureaucratic Arabic settings, measured by deep philosophical insight.
