First Draft - Moshe Sakal
from First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing Hosted by Mitzi Rapkin
Moshe Sakal was born in Tel Aviv into a Jewish-Arab family with roots in Damascus and Cairo. He is the author of six Hebrew novels, including The Diamond Setter and Yolanda. A revised edition of The Diamond Setter was published by Other Press in September 2026. His fiction explores exile, diaspora, queer identity, and the shared Arab-Jewish world before and after 1948. He is a two-time Sapir Prize nominee, Eshkol Prize winner, Fulbright Scholar, and Honorary Fellow in Writing at the University of Iowa. Support this podcast at Patreon. Listeners like you keep the podcast going. Thank you!
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