692. Ahmed Naji

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Ahmed Naji is the guest. He is the author of three novels, including Using Life (University of Texas Press), which led to his imprisonment in Egypt—and then led to the writing of a new memoir, Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in Prison, currently excerpted in The Believer magazine. In 2016, Naji was sentenced to 2 years in prison after a reader complained that an excerpt of Using Life published in a literary journal harmed public morality. His imprisonment marks the first time in modern Egypt that an author has been jailed for a work of literature. Writers and literary organizations around the world rallied to support Naji, and he was released in December 2016. His original conviction was overturned in May 2017. His other books include the novels Rogers and And Tigers to My Room. Throughout his career, he has won several prizes, including the 2016 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award. He is now a fellow at the Black Mountain Institute in Las Vegas, where he lives with his small family. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Life. Death. Etc. Support the show on Patreon / get merch. www.otherppl.com @otherppl Instagram Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com Get Otherppl t-shirts, sweatshirts, etc. The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.9	I hope you're good, wherever you are.
0:56.5	I have a great show for you today.
0:58.9	Ahmed Najee is my guest.
1:00.7	He is a writer.
1:02.1	He's a journalist.
1:03.3	He's an art critic.
1:04.9	And he's a criminal.
1:08.7	He's from Egypt, and he is the author of several books,
1:12.5	perhaps most notably and most infamously,
1:15.5	a novel called Using Life, which was published back in 2014.
1:19.3	He has won multiple prizes in his young career,
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