Chouchou: Fares Ywakim tells a collective memory

With Chouchou fi al-dhakira, published by Dar Al Fourat in 2026, Fares Ywakim returns to Hassan Alaa Eddine’s journey, known as Chouchou. In Nida Al Watan on November 2, Chadi Maalouf highlights the place given to the authors and directors who accompanied the artist.

Ywakim was himself a collaborator of Chouchou. The critic notes his corrections from previous accounts and his willingness to return the forgotten contributions. Beyond the tribute, the book thus asks the question of credits: how to tell a popular figure without erasing those who participated in his work?

Sources

Nida Al Watan, Chadi Maalouf, « Shouchou fi al-dhakira: doing justice to history and its actors », 2 November 2026.

Cover credit

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