Shahad al-Rawi’s ‘The Baghdad Clock’ Wins Edinburgh Award
“The book was chosen — by popular vote — from among the 49 debut novels and short-story collections eligible for the 2018 prize.”
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‘Murder at Algiers’ Book Fair’
“People were gathered outside in a compact crowd, elbowing each other, but politely because this is first and foremost a cultural event.”
Mosaic Rooms: 10 Books to Celebrate 10 Years
To celebrate The Mosaic Rooms’ 10th, the Mosaic team shared 10 books from their 10 years of events, exhibitions, lectures, and films.
9 Forthcoming in November 2018
Nine translations from the Arabic — at least, translated from the Arabic in some roundabout fashion — forthcoming this month.
Almultaqa Prize Announces 5-book Shortlist for 2018
Organizers of the Kuwait-based Almultaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story announced their shortlist this morning.
On H-Day, Remembering Ahmed Khaled Towfik
“[M]y English was not good enough to read horror literature, so I started writing it myself.”
James Montgomery on Listening to the ‘Antarah in His Bones
“It was very, very liberating to have gone through that experience—to be forced to be honest with myself.”
Literary Playlist: Selim Batti’s ‘I’m Not Leaving My House’
“You will find many Fairuz songs in the playlist, which details the progression of the complex ideas and emotions evoked in the novel.”
‘African Titanics’ and a New Literature of Immigration
“At any rate, the continuing launch of books at the fair proves the importance of printed material in today’s world, where the image and electronic media seem so dominant. This year, the list of newly published books give a sense of the ascendancy of writing and publishing on the Sudanese cultural scene.”