Sufyan Rajab

{{Infobox writer

| name = Sufyan Rajab

| image =

| native_name = سفيان رجب

| native_name_lang = Ar

| birth_date = 1979

| birth_place = Enfidha

| occupation = Writer

| language = Arabic

| nationality = Tunisian

| awards = {{plainlist|

2007 Moufdi Zakaria Award (Algeria)
2009 Tanga's Award for Poetry
Afifi Mattar Award

}}

| notable_works = The Liberal Monkey {{Unbulleted list}} The American Shoe Factory

}}

Sufyan Rajab (سفيان رجب) (born 1979) is a Tunisian writer born in Enfidha.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-27 |title=سفيان رجب {{!}} مشروع القصة القصيرة |url=https://www.shortstoryproject.com/ar/recommender/%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A8/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127171716/https://www.shortstoryproject.com/ar/recommender/%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A8/ |archive-date=2021-01-27 }} He began his career as a poet, moving later on to storytelling.{{Cite web |last1=الخبر |first1=كتب |last2=الجمَّال |first2=أحمد |title=سفيان رجب يفضح الإرهاب في "مصنع الأحذية الأمريكية" |url=https://www.aljarida.com/articles/1615653658070880000/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.aljarida.com |language=ar}}

Career

Rajab has a number of publications including critique articles, poetry, and novels.

He has published various poems in significant Arab newspapers, in addition to critique articles in the London newspaper The Arabs, the UAE Cultural Magazine and Life's cultural magazine.

Furthermore, he is known to be mentioned in significant files in Tunisian literature, such as in books published by the University of Oregon in 2015, joint books between the National Institute for Translation and the Federation of Italian Writers in 2017, along with files prepared by the Swedish magazine Caravan in 2018.

Moving from poetry to storytelling, The Liberal Monkey (2017) was his first novel, following up with his second one, The American Shoe Factory (2021), which discusses terrorism and the adaptation of new ruling systems

Additionally, his short story collection, The Last Hour (2018), was shortlisted for the Form Story Award 2019 in Kuwait.{{Cite web |date=2019-11-11 |title=القاص التونسي سفيان رجب: الشعر يشعل الحرائق والسرد يطفؤها |url=https://al-ain.com/article/story-art-book |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=العين الإخبارية |language=ar}}

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!Works

!Publication Date

Like an Orange above a Poor One's Table

(Poetry)

|2012

The Fenced Garden (Poetry)

|2013

Our Peculiar Neighbour's Window (Poetry)

|2016

The Liberal Monkey (Novel)

|2017

Zoo (Article) {{Cite web |last=رجب |first=سفيان |date=2017-01-01 |title=حديقة‭ ‬الحيوانات {{!}} سفيان رجب |url=https://aljadeedmagazine.com/%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9%E2%80%AD-%E2%80%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=مجلة الجديد |language=ar}}

|2017

Trees Among Wind (Poetry)

|2017

The Final Hour (Short Story Collection)

|2018

The Air Postman (Poetry)

|2019

People of the Red Book (Short Story Collection)

|2020

The Idea of Light (Article) {{Cite web |last=رجب |first=سفيان |date=2020-09-01 |title=فكرة الضوء {{!}} سفيان رجب |url=https://aljadeedmagazine.com/%D9%81%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%A1 |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=مجلة الجديد |language=ar}}

|2020

Taboo Forest (Article) {{Cite web |last=رجب |first=سفيان |date=2020-04-01 |title=غابة المحرمات {{!}} سفيان رجب |url=https://aljadeedmagazine.com/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=مجلة الجديد |language=ar}}

|2020

Personal Right Case Against Plato (Article) {{Cite web |last=رجب |first=سفيان |date=2021-02-01 |title=قضيّة حقّ شخصيّ ضدّ أفلاطون {{!}} سفيان رجب |url=https://aljadeedmagazine.com/%D9%82%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%91%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%91-%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%91-%D8%B6%D8%AF%D9%91-%D8%A3%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%86 |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=مجلة الجديد |language=ar}}

|2021

The American Shoe Factory (Novel)

|2021