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Reviews & Interviews

  

The preceding reviews and interviews are presented in the original languages in which they initially appeared. It is unfortunately untenable to provide an English translation of each review or interview at this stage, or to publish all available interviews and reviews. But, a composite interview in English is currently being prepared and will be added shortly. Most reviews and interviews naturally focus on Ammar's published works, that is, on The Voidman and Menstruation. But, the more recent ones also deal with his nonliterary activities, especially his work in the Tharwa Project and his activities as a hapless Syria dissident

 

Arabic
Deutsche-Welle - On Blogging (Arabic), November 5, 2005
Al-Arabiyyah: The complications of Kanaan's "Suicide" (transcript), October 16, 2005
Kulluna Shurakaa - a rare Arabic coverage, October 11, 2005
The Future of Liberalism in Syria (Arabic), June 28, 2005

Newsweek Arabic Edition names AA one of 45 influential personalities in the contemporary Arab World (JPEG),  April 25, 2005

Al-Hayat: A rare interview in Arabic, October 19, 2004
 

Catalan
El Temps: La democratitzacio al mon arab no es pod fer a esquenes de l'islamisme, September, 2005

Danish
Den store forvirring
Af  pernille bramming

Weekend Avisen, den 27. februar 2003

"En ateist i Damaskus," Af Torben Rugberg Rasmussen, Mellemøst Information, Center for Mellemøststudier, Syddansk Universitet, Odense, January, 2002 (The Voidman)

Ikke et ord om 11. september: om krig, religion, jihad og tabet af krigsfortrolighed," Af lector Torben Rugberg Rasmussen, Mellemøststudier, Syddansk Universitet (The Voidman)

Information, oktober 2001
‘Terrorister vil være centrum i verden‘ Andet 30
(General)


Dutch
NRC Handelsblad
´Geen koran maar democratie´
Door onze correspondent Bernard Bouwman
DAMASCUS, 27 MEI

Syrische auteur hoopt op Arabische renaissance
Algemeen Dagblad van 28-01-2004 Pagina 06 Buitenland Interview,
Door Carl Stellweg

"O mijn God, ik ben een atheist." Trouw, zaterdag 14, december 2002 (Menstruation)

"Pleidooi voor vrijheid en vrije liefde." Spits, vrijdag 13, december 2002


English
Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria, November 4, 2005

NYTimes: A Liberal in Damascus, February 13, 2005

The Chronicle for Higher Education: In Syria - Building a civil society book by book, January 14, 2005

NYTimes: A political arabesque in Iraq, December 20, 2004

VOA: Muslims Against the Ideology of Terror, October 17, 2004

VOA: Muslims Against Terrorism, September 26, 2004

Baltimoresun: Scholar criticizes Islamic world, war on terror, September 13, 2004

washingtonpost.com
A Modernizer Challenges Syria's Old Order
By Nora Boustany
Friday, July 30, 2004; Page A14

The Young Syrian
The Jerusalem Report, April 19, 2004
By Yigal Schleifer

If Hillary can make it in Arabic, will Rousseau?
The Christian Science Monitor, January 08, 2004
By Samar Farah | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
 

Cairo Times, Jan 16, 2002
"GOING UNDERGROUND: Ammar Abdulhamid’s debut novel creates an image of a Syrian underworld," by Richard Woffenden
(Menstruation)

Asahi Shimbun, October 7, 2002
"PRIVATE PROFILE: Writer lifts veil on Syrian life," by Ayako Karino (Menstruation)


French
LE MONDE DES LIVRES, 24.10.02
"Les liaisons dangereuses à Damas" (Menstruation)

"Damas Mousse: Les aventures d'un fils de cheik déjanté dans une Syrie corsetée." Liberation, jeudi 21, novembre 2002

"Syriens en quête d'amour." Lire, Dec/Jan 2003

Zone Litteraire, 15 Janvier 2003


German
Qantara.de: Ein heikler Balanceakt, May 2004


Italian
<<Menstruation>>, la sfida eretica
il manifesto
Silvia Veroli
28 Agosto 2004

 

Sesso e Islam, tacchi a spillo contro la «fatwa»
(ilgiornale)
FRANCESCA AME'- Il Giornale


Persian

Review of Menstruation in www.iran-Chabar.de, February 5, 2003
 

Portuguese
Publico.pt
"Não Podemos Pedir ao Mundo Respeito Enquanto Mantemos Perante Ele Uma Atitude de Ódio"
Domingo, 19 de Setembro de 2004



Spanish
El Mundo, Febrero 20, 2002
<<Menstruación>> novella la rebellion de las mujeres sirias
Ammar Abdulhamid escribe sobre la lucha contra la tradición (Menstruation)

(EUROPA PRESS) Febrero 20, 2002, MADRID
<<
Ammar Abdulhamid>> habla de la revolución silenciosa de las mujeres en Siria en su novela 'Menstruación
' (Menstruation)

El Norte de Castilla, Febrero 21, 2002
«La mirada masculina sobre las mujeres debe cambiar»

El escritor sirio presenta en Valladolid su libro 'Menstruación' (Menstruation)

El Periódico, Febrero 20, 2002
Una voz siria contra el fanatismo (Menstruation)

La Vanguardia, 07/03/2002
AMMAR ABDULHAMID, POETA Y ESCRITOR
"Odiamos a las mujeres por envidia" (Menstruation)

Satiria, Abril 10, 2002
Menstruación.
Entrevista con Ammar Abdulhami
d (Menstruation)

 

 

 

Freedom


Have you really forgotten who I am, Brother? Have you really forgotten who I am, Brother?

 


I

lust

for

salvation,

 Brother,

as

though

it

were

a

woman,

and

I

 -

 a

man.

 
 

 
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