The Earthquake

About Tahir Wattar

Tahir Wattar (19692010) was a pioneer of the modern Arabic novel in Algeria. Born into a Berber family in Sedrata he was a supporter of arabisation in the wake of Algerian independence. In addition to his many novels he wrote several plays and short stories. His works have been translated into French Spanish and Italian and adapted for the theatre. William Granara is professor of Arabic Language and Literature at Harvard University and former executive director of the Center for Arabic Study at the American University in Cairo. He is co-editor of The Thousand and One Nights: Sources and Transformations in Literature Art and Science (2020).