By Fire. Writings on the Arab Spring. by Tahar Ben Jelloun. Translated by Rita Nezami. Introduction by Rita Nezami. Imprint: Curbstone Books. 120 Pages, 5.00 x ...

The novella BY FIRE is a fictional account, by Tunisian Nobel Prize nominee Tahar Ben Jelloun, of real events that started the Arab Spring movement in 2011. The ...

This slim novella, the first fictional account to tackle the subject, was initially published in 2011 at the height of the protests. Gracefully translated, with ...

The tale begins and ends in fire, and the imagery of burning frames the political accounts in The Spark, Ben Jelloun's nonfiction writings on the Tunisian ...

This slim novella, the first fictional account to tackle the subject, was initially published in 2011 at the height of the protests. Gracefully translated, with ...

Curbstone Books /. Northwestern University Press. 2016. 120 pages. Where does one begin to speak of the Arab. Spring, after all that has been expended.

The novella depicts the days leading up to Bouazizi's self-immolation. Ben Jelloun's deliberate ambiguity about the location of the story, set in an unnamed ...

Summary: Tahar Ben Jelloun's By Fire, the first fictional account published on the Arab Spring, reimagines the true-life self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi ...

Aug 2, 2016 · He was the spark that lit up the world. In By Fire: Writings on the Arab Spring, Tahar Ben Jelloun writes about Bouazizi in two distinct ways.

The novella depicts the days leading up to Bouazizi's self-immolation. Ben Jelloun's deliberate ambiguity about the location of the story, set in an unnamed ...