P Djèlí Clark is Dexter Gabriel (born 1971), known by his pen name Phenderson Djèlí Clark, is an American speculative fiction writer and historian, an assistant professor in the department of history at the University of Connecticut. He uses a pen name to differentiate his literary work from his academic work. This pen name, "Djèlí", makes reference to the griots – traditional Western African storytellers, historians and poets. In 2022, his fantasy novel A Master of Djinn won the Nebula in 2022 and Locus Awards for first novel. ( Wikipedia ) Vocabulary ( A Master of Djinn): Mamluk , Jellabiya (Which he spells "gallabiyah") and Bawab , Fatimids , Ottomans , ulama , Al-Jahiz , Ifrit , Qareen . Kabed is a kind of bread. Mish is traditional fermented cheese from Egypt and Sudan. Souk is an open air market. In ancient Egyptian religion, Hathor was a powerful and popular goddess associated with love, beauty, music, fertility, and joy. She was also a protec...