- Hunter College
Department of Classical and Oriental Studies
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New York, NY 10065 - (212) 772-5044
- Arabic Language and Linguistics, Arabic Literature, Moroccan Arabic, Moroccan Literature, Al-Andalus, Moroccan Studies, and 19 moreMaghrebi Literature, Medieval Spain and North Africa, Moroccan Dialect, Morocco, Medieval Arabic Literature, Medieval Iberian Literature, Arabic Dialects, Middle East Studies, Classical Arabic Literature, Orality-Literacy Studies, Maghreb studies, Modern Arabic Literature, Arabic translation, Classical Arabic Poetry, Arabic Sociolinguistics, Middle East & North Africa, Mediterranean and North Africa, North Africa, and Arabic Language and Literatureedit
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Hassan makes a living in his native Marrakesh as a comic writer and performer, through satirical sketches critical of Morocco’s rulers. Yet, when he is suddenly conscripted into a losing war in the Sahara, and drafted to a far-flung... more
Hassan makes a living in his native Marrakesh as a comic writer and performer, through satirical sketches critical of Morocco’s rulers. Yet, when he is suddenly conscripted into a losing war in the Sahara, and drafted to a far-flung desert outpost, it seems that all is lost.
Could his estranged father, close to power as the king’s private jester, have something to do with his sudden removal? And will he ever see his beloved wife Zinab again?
With flowing prose and black humor, Youssef Fadel subtly tells the story of 1980s Morocco. He evokes a system whose brutality emanates from the top, and is felt and reproduced in the countless uneven power relations of the people living underneath.
Could his estranged father, close to power as the king’s private jester, have something to do with his sudden removal? And will he ever see his beloved wife Zinab again?
With flowing prose and black humor, Youssef Fadel subtly tells the story of 1980s Morocco. He evokes a system whose brutality emanates from the top, and is felt and reproduced in the countless uneven power relations of the people living underneath.
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