A week and a half ago, a Qatari appeals court refused to overturn the sentence against poet Mohammad al-Ajami, instead reducing it from life to 15 years. The country’s Supreme […]
This is the International Women’s Day issue. So, I know, it should be 8s, since this is the 8th. Maybe next year: SIX POEMS & PROSE EXCERPTS By ARAB WOMEN […]
Mostly enthusiastic stories and tweets marked the opening day of the Riyadh International Book Fair: The fair opened at 10 a.m. yesterday, with the country’s Committee for the Prevention of […]
In an interview at the shortlist announcement of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, AL correspondent Kaouther Jellassi asked judging chair Galal Amin about the status of 3ameya novels — novels […]
A few days ago, the UK’s Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (IFFP) longlist was announced. Today, the longlist for the US’s similar prize, the Best Translated Book Award (BTBA), came out. There […]
The Doha-based magazine Just Here recently asked two successful Qatari authors for their views on “what’s holding Qatar back, in the literary sense.” They first spoke to Sophia al-Maria, author of the memoir The […]
Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here project organizer (and poet) Beau Beausoleil said in a recent email update: “I always say that Iraq is the darkest room in the house of the […]
Help keep independent journalism in Egypt alive on Saturday, March 16. Read about why English-language journalism in Egypt matters (you can add: 1) writing about arts & literature & publishing original […]
Thanks to blogger and erstwhile ArabLit contributor Nora Lester Murad for passing this along: The event, hosted by the American University’s Arab World Studies program, will be held on March […]
