Rania Mamoun
Rania Mamoun is a Sudanese writer and human rights activist. She has published two novels in Arabic—Green Flash (2006) and Son of the Sun (2013)—as well as a short story collection, Thirteen Months of Sunrise, which was translated into English by Elisabeth Jaquette and published by Comma Press in 2018. Her stories and articles have been widely published and she has also worked as an editor on the culture pages of Al-Thaqafi magazine.
Reading List
[suddenly my friend]
Translated from the Arabic by Yasmine Seale suddenly my friend fell silent and went leaving open before me the gate of doubt why— what— why another— no answer in my next life I hope to be an evergreen somewhere remote my friends the earth and birds and squirrels […]
[glint of water on the river’s skin]
Translated from the Arabic by Yasmine Seale glint of water on the river’s skin pleasure glittering my daughter’s eye face of mother beaming love merry dance of light on the glass rim thought lighting up the brain a silver handle shining within reach all the radiance in my life is powerless to cancel […]