A List: Global Readings for Poet Ashraf Fayadh, Sentenced to Death in Saudi Arabia
There are currently events scheduled in more than twenty countries.
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Ground-breaking Middle Eastern Comics Anthology Launches; Proceeds to Support ‘Samandal’
“[T]his collection includes an awesome range of work – from autobiographical to political to surreal to silly, as well as a wonderful introduction by one of the contributing artists contextualizing the work.”
Hassan Blasim’s First Play To Open in March 2016
“The Digital Hats Game is a play about activists who try to influence the ways of the world.”
Poet Ashraf Fayadh’s Appeal Filed; Worldwide Reading to Protest His Death Sentence Jan 14
“He’s feeling much better because everyone is with him.”
5 Poems by Ashjan al-Hendi and Other Ups and Downs from the 2015 Jeddah Book Fair
“Saudis on social media expressed mixed reaction.”
The ‘Ideal’ Text for Showing the Importance of Poetry in Ninth-century Baghdad
“The caliphs like this poetry because it’s a new aesthetic. It’s like having your portrait painted by the latest artist.”
5 in Translation by 2015 Naguib Mahfouz Medal Winner Hassan Daoud
“From my window the sand made lustrous by the moonlight is clear and close as if its surface has risen toward me. The light of the moon carries the sand almost to meet me.”
Trial of Novelist Ahmed Naji and Editor To Resume Early Next Year
“The trial was adjourned until January 2 for a final verdict.”
Hassan Daoud Wins 2015 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for ‘No Road for Paradise’
“Its mastery is in its slow, meticulous, stagnant narration, but it is a stagnation that serves a purpose and is the writer’s means to evoke the boring empty life devoid of any form of self-fulfillment led by this unhappy imam.”