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 – 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.
