مئة عام من الجنون بعيداً داخل الغابة

by Fadhil al-Azzawi, فاضل العزاوي

الصراع الذي يدور بين العالمَين العربي والإسلامي قد يبدو سياسياً في ظاهره، لكنّه في الحقيقة متّصل بالثقافة كلّها، بتاريخ طويل من الأوهام والأضاليل التاريخية التي أضيفت عليها صفة القداسة وقادت العديد من الحركات الفكرية والسياسية القومية واليسارية إلى الهبوط بالحاضر إلى حضيض الماضي باسم الحداثة ودعاوى الأصالة نفسها، متجاهلة أن الحداثة والأصالة الحقيقيتين تعنيان التحرر من كل ما يسد الطريق إلى المستقبل.

144 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2023

About the author

Fadhil Al Azzawi (Arabic: فاضل العزاوي ; born 1940 in Kirkuk, Iraq) is an Iraqi writer highly respected in the Arab world, as he has published seven volumes of poetry, six novels, three books of criticism and memoir, and several translations of German literary works. He participated in Iraq's avant-garde Sixties Generation, and his early controversial work was lauded with great enthusiasm.

He holds a BA in English Literature from Baghdad University, however Fadhil soon left Iraq in 1976, as the Baathist-controlled regime was becoming increasingly powerful. He later earned a doctorate in communications studies from Leipzig University. He has worked as a freelance journalist and translator for Arab newspapers and cultural reviews. He also founded the poetry magazine Shi’r 69.

He currently resides in Berlin, where he works as a full-time writer.

(from Wikipedia)