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Eman Quotah

@emanquotah.bsky.social
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Novelist, essayist, comms professional. Author of THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU (Wildfire Books; Orbit US/Run for It) and BRIDE OF THE SEA (Tin House).

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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
“Many European writers, artists and theatre-makers have showcased their work in the Gulf over the last decade. Isn’t it about time to reciprocate and bring the work of Gulf artists to Europe?”
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A Gulf of Misunderstanding: On Pasolini’s Pétrole and Portrayals of the Khalij
An otherwise daring stage production falters when it comes to depictions — clichéd and outdated — of the Gulf.
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Street cats of Jeddah.
White and gray street cat staring at camera straight onOrange, black, and white calico street cat on a stepA small ginger kitty lying inside a strip of lightingTwo street cats face off while a third cat sits in the background
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Doo-doo doo doo, doo-doo doo, doo dooo
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Seeking a Creative Nonfiction Associate Editor (or two)! Associate CNF Editors Wanted! JMWW applications are open until June 14th.
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Seeking a Creative Nonfiction Associate Editor (or two)!
Associate CNF Editors Wanted! JMWW applications are open until June 14th.
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Not writers getting motivated by a deadline (the participation rate was 54% a short while ago) Anyway the participation rate in most class action suits averages much lower, apparently, but most class action suits are not about people’s livelihood.
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Anthropic Settlement Update: 91.3 Percent of Books Claimed in Settlement - The Authors Guild
Yesterday, class counsel in the Bartz v. Anthropic lawsuit filed papers apprising the court that 440,490 of the 482,460 eligible works had been claimed—a remarkable 91.3 percent rate (the typical clas...
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
My latest for @markaz-review.bsky.social "In Paradiso 17, Sufien’s life — his travels and exploits — is the plot, and Assadi uses a clever technique to move the narrative forward in circular fashion: Each chapter title is also the final line of the chapter."
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“Ehna rajiun”—a review of Hannah Assadi’s Paradiso 17
The protagonist is a complete individual, but also a product of forces that have shaped and exiled many Palestinians.
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
In my experience, this kind of “intensification” was already happening without AI. US work culture rewards reactionary responsiveness and the individual grind more than careful thought and collaboration
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
For Eid, we get the Washington Post publishing a hit piece on Zohran Mamdani by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. My response: الله اكبر
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
New story set in the golden era of Egyptian cinema 🌴🇪🇬 www.kwelijournal.org/fiction/2026...
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Struggle in the Valley by Eman Quotah — KWELI / Truth From the Diaspora's Boldest Voices
Ezzeldine didn’t understand what it was like to be an actress surrounded by male directors and male everything. Why should she be the one to lose the part? The sacrifice wasn’t fair. Nothing in the wo...
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Going to AWP for the first time next week. Will be commuting 40+ minutes each way to Balt up I-95 each day. Writers, give me other bad advice for surviving the massive lit conference.
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Loved her suspense and was obsessed with the Merlin books.
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Book criticism is not dead. This review by Layla AlAmmar nearly moved me to tears. themarkaz.org/art-and-disi...
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Art and Disillusionment in Saleem Haddad's Floodlines
Layla AlAmmar examines the Arab melancholy, tragedy and grief at the heart of Saleem Haddad’s second novel.
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
"The plight of the Post is simply the inevitable result of journalism under a corporate structure. ... With the death of traditional media outlets comes an opportunity for the birth of new ones, built on a healthier business model." Amen
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Another Ramadan essay. Across the Ummah, Gaza is always on our minds. @alaaalqaisis.bsky.social arablit.org/2026/02/19/r...
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Ramadan Kareem, ya Gaza
“Gaza does not resemble herself in Ramadan.”
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
In honor of Ramadan, here's one of my favorite articles about fasting. I may share a few others over the month. "Being hungry is clarifying. It forces a kind of focus." www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/s...
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How the Deprivation of Ramadan Helps Care for the Spirit (Published 2019)
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Looks so cute, and perfect if you’ve ever wanted a residency that could include a visit to the John Waters Restrooms at the Baltimore Museum of Art …
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Emily Mirengoff @emirengoff.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
"A consumer is a person whose preëxisting tastes you strive to satisfy over and over; a reader is someone you hope to change, convince, and surprise." Must-read explanation by Becca Rothfeld of what we are losing with Book World's shuttering: www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
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The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post
Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section.
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
If The Post is going to stop covering the things that matter to me, as a resident of the DMV, the US, and the world, then ... I finally cancelled my subscription, guys.
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Silvia Killingsworth @silviakillings.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
For those looking for freelance work in the wake of WaPo layoffs: I'm an editor at large overseeing Ideas & Culture at Bloomberg, including our Books coverage. Find me at skillingswo2@bloomberg.net
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
So The Post is becoming The Hill? Is that what’s happening?
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Baltimore and environs people: see you at the Mess & Friction Reading tonight?
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
As a novelist I say: It was also a career high for me to have my debut novel reviewed at the Post. As someone who’s reviewed books: Book criticism is being kept alive by smaller, scrappier publications. @markaz-review.bsky.social @thenewarab.bsky.social
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
New reporting on AI cos. theft of copyrighted material. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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How Silicon Valley built AI: Buying, scanning and discarding millions of books
Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.
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Horror DNA @horrordna.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
It's cold, you're stuck inside, and you need something to read. Here are some #Kindle deals! Nothing over $2.99 w/ works by @emanquotah.bsky.social, @stephenking.bsky.social, @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social, @spookywv.bsky.social, @tananarivedue.bsky.social, & more! #ad #booksky amzn.to/3Kj4Uoq
Cover for Eman Quotah's THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU. It features a woman facing you, bathed in red, and her hair covering half of her face.Cover for Stephen King's THE SHINING. The top third shows a snowy day, with a face barely visible in the middle, screaming. The bottom third features the Overlook hotel, with a standing lion and a sitting lion guarding as a woman holds the hand of a young boy as they head into the murder hotel.Cover for Gwendolyn Kiste's THE HAUNTING OF VELKWOOD. The top third has a figure facing what looks like a neighborhood, and the bottom, two figures are upside down, but appear to be standing at water's edge.Cover for Nick Roberts' THE EXORCIST'S HOUSE: RESURRECTION. It's covered in red, with a being rising up from the remains of a burnt church in the Jesus pose.
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Majda Gama @majda.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Happening soon in the DMV! 1/17, 2pm, A Literary Celebration of Muslim American Heritage Month, Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library with Authors Eman Quotah and Majda Gama @emanquotah.bsky.social @mcpllibraries.bsky.social #poetry #fiction #DMV REGISTER: mcpl.events/muslim-american
1/17, 2pm, A Literary Celebration of Muslim American Heritage Month, Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library
with Authors Eman Quotah and Majda Gama

REGISTER: mcpl.events/muslim-american

Quotah will discuss her new visceral and captivating horror debut, The Night is Not for You, and her earlier family saga set in Saudi Arabia and the United States, Bride of the Sea. Gama will engage around her body of poetry, including the Winner of the 2023 Wandering Aengus Press prize, In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls. It is bound to be a captivating conversation that you will not want to miss!
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Who needs book reviews? My novel has been beadazzled. 🪩
A book on a silk floral design carpet. The book cover says Bride of the Sea: a novel, Eman Quotah, and features a woman's face looking up from the sea. The title and her face and hair are decorated with beads.
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Doing some local events this month. Please come! A Literary Celebration of Islamic Heritage Month W/ @majda.bsky.social 2 pm 1/17 McGee Library Silver Spring mcpl.libnet.info/event/15369848 @theinnerlooplit.bsky.social January Reading 7 pm 1/20 Shaw’s Tavern DC www.eventbrite.com/.../the-inne....
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Looking for a scary read to distract you from 🌎🧨? The Kindle version of my second novel is on sale this month for $2.99. #horrorbooks #folkhorror
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The Night Is Not for You
The Night Is Not for You - Kindle edition by Quotah, Eman. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Night Is Not for You.
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Majda Gama @majda.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Stay tuned for the latest episode of America’s Got Autocracy
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Majda Gama @majda.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The only Venezuelan-Americans I know are in a husband & wife rock & roll band called Teen Cobra. They were able to flee while younger and on college programs. Let’s center Venezuelans today and not just the expected cheerleaders of regime change. Let’s hear from the artists. youtu.be/kAnrEDC2xn4?...
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Teen Cobra - Girl of Mine
YouTube video by Teen Cobra
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
"Mamdani walks in an older Jewish tradition. Not that of ritzy Upper East Side synagogues, but of so many of our great-grandparents: the socialist sweatshop workers who fought for a better and more beautiful world." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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They tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly Crabapple
When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
This will work 😂🙃😆
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Majda Gama @majda.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Just delighted to be on the Washington Unbound list of recommended books for winter 2025-2026 in poetry! If you’re looking for your next read you’ll find fiction and nonfiction here as well. #DMVWriters www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...
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Washington Unbound’s 2025 Winter Booklist — Washington Unbound
It’s been a whirlwind year, and many of you are probably feeling a mixture of relief that it’s almost over and amazement that the end is so near. Here at Washington Unbound , we’re very grateful that...
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Hey, hey, novelists and aspiring novelists: I'm teaching novel revising in the spring. Sign up! www.litcleveland.org/classes-work...
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Advanced Novel Revision - Classes & Workshops | Literary Cleveland
Congratulations! You’ve finished a draft of your novel—or you’re sooo close. That’s a really big deal. Now what? It’s time to revise!
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I posted about AI on LinkedIn and got way more views and comments than my posts usually do there. 😱 So now I'm here looking for people talking about whatever the opposite of AI is ...
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Fall for the Book @fallforthebook.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
A new #fallforthebook Podcast has dropped. Poet Majda Gama discusses her new collection In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls. It spans growing up in the Saudi Arabia, her time in the DC Punk scene, and the power of music in her work. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... @majda.bsky.social
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Lacey N. Dunham (she/her) @bookbent.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
One of my favorite classes to teach, one of my most popular classes with students. I’ll stuff your brain so full of info, you’ll feel like you ate a million brain burritos. writer.org/event/book-p...
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Book Publishing 101 - The Writer's Center
This class pulls back the curtain on the ins and outs of publishing by walking participants through the component parts of the publishing industry. From the role of literary agents to the dreaded quer...
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
F*&^, I missed that Tom Stoppard died over the weekend. RIP to a wordsmith extraordinaire.
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🪱💀mindy💀🪱 [exorcism bondage era] @garbagesauce.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
new & restocked horror now available at b&n sioux falls!
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Join me and Amy Freeman of @thewriterscenter.bsky.social tonight at 7pm, online! #horrorwriters #horrorbooks writer.org/event/eman-q...
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Virtual Craft Chat w/ Novelist Eman Quotah - The Writer's Center
The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of fiction! We’re joined by author Eman Quotah for a discussion of her new novel, The Night Is Not for You. Eman is in conversation wit...
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
As.someone who used to work in advocacy communications, I know this kind of data from companies is part of a communications and lobbying strategy. Nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it's not neutral data created for research, to build knowledge, or to inform the American people.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/11/2025
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
"Among Asian adults [in the U.S.], 29% of Democrats have hidden their culture from others, compared with 9% of Republicans."—Pew Research Center, 2023 Puts the audacity of Zohran Mamdani's authenticity into perspective, eh? (this says nothing about _Muslim_ Asian Americans in R spaces)
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
From a fun q&a about my new book: If you could only describe your novel in five words, what would they be? Creepy, atmospheric, and weirdly fun. What can readers expect? Readers can expect a feminist fable about violence, paranoia, and perfumery. thenerddaily.com/eman-quotah-...
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Q&A: Eman Quotah, Author of 'The Night Is Not for You' | The Nerd Daily
We chat with author Eman Quotah about The Night Is Not For You, which follows a young girl who realises she must become something untamable—even otherworldly—to find freedom, in this visceral coming-o...
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
See you tonight? At @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social on H St, 7 pm sharp. I'll be discussing my new book, THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU, with @verakurian.bsky.social #literaryDMV
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
My 80-something-year-old uncle writes text messages like they're letters. I really miss letters. 📧
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Majda Gama @majda.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Heck of a week for books! Look at these lovelies from #JihyunYun, @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social & @emanquotah.bsky.social
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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU is out! This spooky novel is inspired by folk traditions of the Arabian Peninsula and the Maldives, rural SW Saudi, psychological suspense, and our effed up world. @orbitbooks.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social @hachetteaudio.bsky.social
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