Ibrahim Fawzy
Meet OlongoAfrica’s Translation Editor
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ibrahim Fawzy as OlongoAfrica’s Translation Editor. In this role, Fawzy will head our Lingua project and other translation-related projects at OlongoAfrica. Ibrahim Fawzy comes with a ton of experience, passion, and ambition in literary translation and African literature. He is an Egyptian writer and literary translator working […]
The Archaeology of Writing: A Conversation with the Mauritanian Writer Ahmed Vall Dine
Following a milestone achievement for Mauritanian literature, Ibrahim Fawzy interviews novelist and journalist Ahmed Vall Dine. His novel, Danishmand, has secured a coveted spot on the 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) shortlist, making Vall Dine the first writer from Mauritania to reach this stage since the prize was inaugurated in 2007. Danishmand is […]