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Hilal Chouman

Hilal Chouman is a Lebanese novelist and writer born in Beirut. He has written five novels in Arabic: Stories of Sleep (Dar Malamih, 2008); Napolitana (Dar Al Adab, 2010); Limbo Beirut (Dar Al Tanweer, 2012); Once Upon a Time, Tomorrow (Dar Al Saqi, 2016), and Sadness in My Heart (Khan AlJanub, 2022). In 2017, Limbo Beirut, translated into English by Anna Ziajka Stanton and published by University of Texas Press, was nominated for the PEN Translation Prize and the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize. Currently, Hilal is in the early stages of writing his next novel, tentatively entitled Safe Space. He is also working on a graphic novel, with the working title Not Here, Not There, with artist Emma Harake. He lives in Toronto, Canada.

Articles by Hilal Chouman

Once Upon A Time, Tomorrow by Hilal Chouman
In this exclusive extract from Wasafiri 118: Abolitions - Writing Against Abandonment, Hilal Chouman – translated by Caline Nasrallah – explores themes of memory, grief, and the passage of time through two people's relationship to each other — weaving together personal moments with broader, unexplained phenomena, and creating a sense of mystery and unresolved tension. 
Cover of Wasafiri 119 against a blue and cream background. Text shows 'Launch Event'
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