'Choukri is a powerful teller of stories. His telling of oppression is vivid and remarkable.'
Morning Star

'As a writer, he is in an enviable position, though he paid a high price for it in suffering.'
Paul Bowles

'Choukri's irrepressible, ultimately indomitable spirit is most touching and human.'
Independent

'Refreshingly, Choukri does not succumb to the romantic musings or sense of self-satisfaction that characterise most stories of triumph over adversity. His tale is made compelling by the characters he meets along the way.'
New Statesman

'Streetwise is suffused with honesty and compassion and crammed full of human warmth and kindness even in the most adverse circumstances. It stands as a testament both to the author and to those he lived among and wrote about; the forgotten, the despised and the downtrodden.'
New Internationalist

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