Emad Blake is a Sudanese novelist and critic, born in 1972. He studied architecture at Khartoum University, but chose to become a professional journalist ever since his student years, later practising in Sudan and in Arab Gulf countries.
He has published 14 novels, the most famous of which is Shawarma (2014), excerpted in Banipal 55 鈥� Sudanese Literature Today, and was responsible for bringing him fame. In 2008 his novel, Blood in Khartoum was published in Beirut. His latest novel is Mama Merkel, about migration to Europe.
He has also published a book on literary criticism called The Arab Novel and the Search for Meaning, in addition to various books on politics and thought in the Arab Gulf region and Sudan, and cultural articles in the Arab and Sudanese press. At present, he lives in Muscat, Oman, where he works as an editor for the Oman Daily.
As for Emad Blake he has his famous novel 鈥淪hawarma鈥�, which grabs the attention with its strange name and then captivates you by the smooth narration and interesting plot. When you dig deeper you discover that Blake also wrote two novels that were part of the Abu Dhabi Book Fair in 2003. He also wrote 鈥淏lood in Khartoum鈥� which was published in 2008 and 鈥淭he Holy Cat鈥� about the youth revolution in France, published in 2013 and was part of El-Tayeb Salih Award for 2010. Emad also wrote a book on literary criticism titled 鈥淎rabic Novel: Searching for a Meaning鈥�.