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Nancy Linthicum
the claims made and the thick intertextual web that emerged in
the interviews, as interviewees referred to one another in their
efforts to mark the boundaries of their still-forming group.
Conclusion
21 In his 2001 book, Rodden argued that while the literary interview
had the potential to be treated as a "distinctive genre of literary
performance" (1), it had not yet achieved this status. However, in
a brief follow-up article from 2013, Rodden writes that this poten
tial has now been realized, pointing to scholars' engagement with
the literary interview "not only as a tool of research but also as an
independent aesthetic artifact" (402) as evidence of the develop
ment of the genre.
22For bibliographic details ofthe،'MaZ_،/jy،T'interviews, see Appen
dix, which includes a complete listing of the interviews categorized
by interviewer and presented in the order in which they appeared
in print between 1997 and 2001. The initials "AH" and "AM" indi
cate whether the interview was conducted by Abdel Hafez or Abdel
Mawgoud, respectively, and are included when it is not clear from
the context who conducted the interview being referenced.
23 Those who were interviewed in "Malamih Jil" and who were also
mentioned by other writers in the course of the series' interviews
include: Nora Amin, Ashraf alKhamaisy, Emad Fouad, Manal
alSayyid, Asmaa Hashem, Iman Mersal, May Telmissany, Musta
fa Zikri, Yasser Shaaban, Atef Abdel Aziz, Fathi Abdel Sami', and
Abdel Nasser 'Allam.
Hamid, Mahmoud
Hamid, Mahmoud 13 July 1997 209
alHamamsy, Mohamed
al-Hamamsy, Mohamed 26 October 1997 224
alKhamaisy, Ashraf
al-Khamaisy, Ashraf 2 November 1997 225
Fathal-Bab,Manar
FathalBab.Manar 4 January 1998 234
* These interviews were part of the "Malamih Jir series but, accord
ing to Abdel Hafez, were not marked as such at the time they ap
peared in print (Abdel Hafez,Personal interview).
Author
uthor Interviewed Date Issue Page
Maghrabi,
[aghrabi, Mahmoud
Mahmoud 14 March 1999 296
296 21
al-Qirsh,
-Qirsh, Sa'd
Sa'd 21 March 1999 297 20-21
alGhobashy,
-Ghobashy, Samy
Samy 28 March 1999 298
298
' Allam,
Ulam, Abdel
Abdel Nasser
Nasser 4ApriU999 299
_el Sami',Fathy
'Abdel Sami',Fathy 11 April 1999 300
Khairallah,
hairallah, Mahmoud
Mahmoud 18Aprill999
18April 1999 301
Khader,Faris
hader, Faris 25 April 1999 302
alZuhayri,
-Zuhayri, 'Isam 13 June 1999 309
Fouad, Emad
ouad, Emad 20 June 1999 310
Ismail,
mail,Khalid
Khalid 27 June 1999 311
al-Qadi,Manal
-Qadi,Manal 4 July 1999 312
'Allam,
Ulam, Nagla 11 July 1999 313
Khalifa,
halifa, Ihab
Ihab 12 September 1999 322 30-31
Mahran,
[ahran, Maher
Maher 19 September 1999 323 28-29
Shaaban,Nagwa
،iaaban,Nagwa 26 September 1999 324 30-31
Abdel
bdel Aziz,Atef 17 October 1999 327
327 29
Hashem,Tarek
ashem,Tarek 24 October 1999 328
328 27
Nabil,Ghada
abil,Ghada 21 November 1999 332
332 29
Badawi, Siham
adawi, Siham ٠1 January
January2000
2000 339
339 28-29
Mahmoud,
tahmoud,Khalid
Khalid 23 January 2000 341 30-31