Mahmud El Sayed
@mahmud0elsayed
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SFF writer | Arabfuturist | Debut novel THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY out in 2026 from Gollancz & Saga Press
London, England 🇪🇬 🇹🇷🇬🇧
Joined March 2015
Arabfuturism is coming! It's THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY cover(s) reveal. Don't ask me which one I like more. They're both epic! (Gollancz on the left & Saga Press on the right 🫡) (1/4)
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My favourite example of onomatopoeia is from Sayed Darwish's famous Arabic song 'El Halwa Di.' و الديك بينده كو كو كو كو بالفجرية And the rooster crows, 'Kou kou kou kou' at dawn. What is yours?
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It's still just about #Caturday and I wanted to share Mew's new perching spot. Listening to her pur while I write is very relaxing. (Wall notes have been redacted for 'nunya' reasons 🧐)
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Han Solo: Jaba, you're a wonderful human being. Non-Star Wars nerd: That's a funny line. Me, Star Wars nerd extraordinaire, gleefully rubbing my hands together: Welllllll you see in the original...
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Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy N7 Day! Now, I should go.
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Wonderful to hold a translation of a story I wrote in my hands. 'Ihr Körper, das Schiff.' Respect to all the translators 🫡
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Here's my adult heist fantasy #AgentGuide for #QuestPit What's in there: ⚔️cynical philosopher-warrior 👸scheming royal 📖secret library 🌍geopolitical intrigue 🪙double heist #Q #A #F #OWN
An Agent’s Guide to CLINGING TO THE STONES! #agentguide #agentsguide #F #amquerying #Heist #WritingCommunity #amwriting
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Turn the volume up! - New York Mayor-elect Zohan Mamdani 🫡
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That feeling when you leave your tomato stalks on your kitchen counter and then come back later and scare yourself.
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From one Muslim socialist to another, crossing my fingers for @ZohranKMamdani in the New York mayoral election tomorrow. 🤞
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Randomly watching Terry Gilliam's Brazil and realising, oh, this is an Influence.
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I want more movies to have a character say, "I listened to a podcast once and they called it MOVIE NAME" like in A House of Dynamite. "I listened to a podcast once and they called it... Snakes on a Plane."
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"Call me Ismail. Some lightyears ago–never mind how many–having little or no credits in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on-planet, I thought I would space-travel about a little and see this part of the universe."
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You can't post a random number and expect people to understand it 😏!!
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Just no.
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I'm not a Hollywood investor. I don't care whether movies make money. One Battle After Another was the best movie I've seen this year.
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Get a glimpse of what’s coming next! Read "War and War", my Azhar Prize-winning short story & part of the prequel to my #wip CLINGING TO THE STONES. #ShortStory #Fantasy
#amqyerying #ClingingToTheStones
https://t.co/4Fk6LF0xZk
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Winner of the 2025 Azhar Writing Prize — A foreign correspondent confronts devastation and violence before crossing a line of no return.
An Agent’s Guide to CLINGING TO THE STONES! #agentguide #agentsguide #F #amquerying #Heist #WritingCommunity #amwriting
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(translating The Clash's 'London Calling' into Arabic and then back again) London calls to the distant towns War has been declared and battle descends London calls to the underworld Emerge from your treasuries oh you boys and girls
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My mum calls Downton 'Downtown Abbey' and it gives the show a whole different vibe.
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