Jamal Mahjoub

JAMAL MAHJOUB’s work has been widely translated, appearing in The Guardian, Le Monde, Die Zeit, and The New York Times, among others. He has won a number of awards including the Guardian African short story competition, the Mario Vargas Llosa NH Short Story Award, and the Etonnants Voyageurs prize. He publishes crime fiction under the name Parker Bilal. His autobiographical book on Sudan, A Line in the River, was published in 2018.

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The Limits of Contradiction

Jamal Mahjoub

Seventy years after the fall of Nazi Germany, it is startling to witness a resurgence of the fear of an enemy within. Europe’s future hinges on how this issue is resolved.

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By Jamal Mahjoub

Seventy years after the fall of Nazi Germany, it is startling to witness a resurgence of the fear of an enemy within. Europe’s future hinges on how this issue is resolved.