Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in an Egyptian Prison Naji Ahmed
Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in an Egyptian Prison Naji Ahmed In February 2016, Ahmed Naji was sentenced to two years in prison for "violating public modesty," after an excerpt of his novel…
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Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in an Egyptian Prison Naji Ahmed
In February 2016, Ahmed Naji was sentenced to two years in prison for "violating public modesty," after an excerpt of his novel Using Life reportedly caused a reader to experience heart palpitations. Through Naji's writing, the world of Egyptian prison comes into vivid focus, with its cigarette-based economy, home-made chess sets, and well-groomed fixers. Naji ultimately served ten months of that sentence, in a group cell block in Cairo's Tora Prison.Rotten Evidence is a chronicle of those months.
How does one write and revise a novel in a single notebook? Naji's storytelling is lively and uncompromising, filled with rare insights into both the mundane and grand questions he confronts.How does one secure a steady supply of fresh vegetables without refrigeration? Fight boredom?
Build a clothes hanger? Negotiate with the chief of