By:Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-ASARE
EARLY LIFE
Haggag Hassan Oddoul, was born in Alexanderia, Egypt, in 1944. He was the son of Nubian parents who left their poverty-stricken village in hopes of economic growth. For about four years (1963-1967), Oddoul worked as construction worker on the Aswan Dam.
A SOLDIER
Oddoul, served time in the Egyptian army, and fought in the “War of Attrition” (July 1, 1967-August 7, 1970), and later the “Yom Kippur War” (October 6, to 25, 1973).
WRITER & ACTIVIST
Oddoul, began his writing career at the age of forty. Most of his writings focus on perserving Nubian language and culture, which has been gradually disappearing since the Nubian population in Egypt, were forced to relocate from their ancestral homes in 1902, with the construction of the Aswan Low Dam. Oddoul, has received many Egyptian awards for his literary works.
HIS WORKS
*Nights of Musk: Stories from Old Nubia, translated by Anthony Calderbank, American University in Cairo Press (2005) ISBN 978-977-424-894-8
Nights of Musk: Stories from Old Nubia by Haggag Hassan Oddoul (2009-03-01) https://a.co/d/aCffGJE
My Uncle Is On Labor, translated by Ahmed Fathy, Al-Hadara Publishing (2008) ISBN 978-977-5429-94-0
INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT CONDITION OF NUBIAN-EGYPTIANS
HISTORY OF THE NUBIAN PEOPLE
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION USE LINKS BELOW:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggag_Oddoul
https://wordswithoutborders.org/contributors/view/haggag-hassan-oddoul/
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