Sélim Nassib was born in Beirut in 1946 and currently lives in Paris. Throughout the 1980s, during the war in Lebanon, he served as a correspondent for the French newspaper Liberation. He is also well known for his articles appearing in other high-profile periodicals. In 1990, he put an end to his career as journalist and has since dedicated himself full-time to literature. He is the author of The Palestinian Lover (Europa Editions, 2007) and I Loved You for Your Voice (Europa Editions, 2006).
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New Novel Chronicles Life, Love of Poet Ahmad Rami and Um Kulthum I Loved You for Your Voice By Selim Nassib Trans. Alison Anderson Europa Editions, 2006 By Sami Asmar The story of Arab arts and culture cannot be told without a...— Oct 25 2006![]()
from Words Without Borders Modern Egypt is a dream unfulfilled. Independence from Britain was supposed to usher in a glorious era in which Egypt would unite the Middle East under the banner of pan-Arabism. That dream died in 1967, when Egyptian forces suffered a catastrophic...— Mar 20 2006![]()
A fictional memoir of the intense, symbiotic relationship between an Egyptian poet and the Arab world’s greatest female singer. In rapt, lyrical prose, Paris-based writer and journalist Nassib spins a rhapsodic narrative out of the indissoluble connection between two creative...— Dec 21 2005
