
Jamal Mahjoub
Jamal Mahjoub has published both literary fiction and non-fiction. His work has appeared in Granta, The Guardian, Le Monde, and Transition, as well as other publications, including Guernica. He also publishes crime fiction as PARKER BILAL. His memoir – A Line in the River, is a personal history of Sudan. His work has been widely translated and has won awards in Britain, France, and Spain.

January 15, 2025
“I had no choice but to become an enemy of war. I fought it through writing—and by writing, I seek to survive.”

A Closer Look at The Revenant
By Jamal Mahjoub
February 25, 2016
The depictions of Native Americans in Hollywood are still Hollywood

The Prophet’s Path
By Jamal Mahjoub
February 1, 2013
The journalist and "accidental theologist" discusses distinguishing human from legend in her latest book on the founder of Islam.

Life Under Lockdown
By Jamal Mahjoub
August 15, 2012
Residents of the Gaza Strip are restricted in their movements, in what they can bring into and send out of their land, even how far off their shores they can fish. Words, though, know no borders.

The Half-Life of a Revolution
By Jamal Mahjoub
May 23, 2012
Egypt's presidential election is a tremendous opportunity for the Egyptian people, but does not come without risks.

Free Alaa
By Jamal Mahjoub
December 1, 2011
How to save one of Egypt's most prominent anti-regime voices.