I came across this video on YouTube, from twenty-one-year-old author Aliaa El-Nashar, who writes in English, and reads in English, but explains why she was suddenly struck by author Khairy […]
The UT Austin has managed to attract Hoda Barakat as the inaugural scholar for the Department of Middle Eastern Studies’ new Arabic Scholar in Residence program for fall 2013.
Iraqi poet Abdulkareem Kasid’s debut English-language collection, titled Cafés, was reviewed as “unforgettable.” After a little sniffing around, we turned up some of the poems — and even how to order the collection.
After a two-year hiatus, the Alexandria International Book Fair is back for its ninth edition: The fair, organized by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Egyptian Publishers Association, opened on March […]
Banipal 46 has gone to press, and will soon be available to subscribers. The issue features excerpts from the six novels shortlisted for this year’s International Prize for Arabic Fiction, […]
Sandpit Arts announces: Following the sell-out success of Bulbul 2012, we’re really excited to announce Bulbul 2013 our second annual playwriting competition for new writers. We’re looking for four 30-minute plays […]
Hisham Matar verifies, on Twitter, that this is not a mistake: The Libyan novelist is indeed the winner of the 2013 Al Madjidi Ibn Dhaher Blue Met Arab Prize, as announced […]
This year’s WTD message (from Dario Fo) is available in YouTube videos in many different languages. It was not so when Saadallah Wannous wrote his World Theater Day (WTD) message […]
There is vivid interest in the growth of Arabic science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels — among Arab readers, scholars, and readers abroad. Among the emerging SF novelists is Emirati […]
