Rabai al-Madhoun’s ‘Destinies’ Wins 2016 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
“Al-Madhoun, whose 2010 novel The Lady of Tel Aviv was also shortlisted for the IPAF, builds on the themes and characters of that earlier novel with Destinies.”
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‘Freedom Hospital,’ Debut Syrian Graphic Novel ‘Being Acclaimed in France and Germany’
AFP calls the novel “[b]y turns harrowing, heart-breaking and funny[.]”
Hoopoe Fiction: Read Excerpts of the First Ten Titles
“I was approached by a young man smelling of soap—he seemed to me to have just had a bath and shaved—and gripping a long-barreled shotgun of local manufacture in his two clean hands.”
Arabic Shakespeares: From Theatre to TV to YouTube
There should be a longer piece on the Arab and Arabic Shakespeare tradition appearing today in Al Araby Al Jadeed: Aspirationally, it begins: It was 1608 when the crew of the Red Dragon, […]
Friday Film: ‘For Bread Alone’
“‘For Bread Alone’ is based on the controversial, much-banned, landmark 1952 autobiographical novel by Moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri.
Omani Writer Abdulla Habib Arrested and Detained, Possibly for Facebook Posts
“Hanashi said he believes the writer’s detention could be in relation to a series of Facebook posts he wrote regarding a rebellion in Oman that took place in the 1960s and 1970s.”
‘His Voice Really Speaks To Us Directly Now’: Tahera Qutbuddin on Translating Mutanabbi with the Library of Arabic Literature
“It’s a winning combination — the aesthetic qualities of his poetry are unmatched, and his life is also so interesting.”
‘Kalimat Quarto’ Latest Arab-English Joint Publishing Venture
“They have amazing illustrated books. So we’re going to be launching cookbooks with them.”