Sunday Submissions: The Song Cave Manuscript Review
2023-05-28
The Song Cave has opened its call for submissions for its manuscript review. Continue Reading
Zahran Alqasmi Wins 2023 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for ‘The Water Diviner’
2023-05-21
“‘The Water Diviner’ by Zahran Alqasmi explores a new subject in modern fiction: water and its impact on the natural environment and the lives of human beings in hostile regions.”Continue Reading
Sunday Submissions: ArabPop ‘Celebration’ Issue
2023-05-21
The Italian magazine ArabPop has opened calls for its fifth issue – the theme is ‘Celebration’. Continue Reading
Meet the Judges, Find Dates & Details for the 2023 ArabLit Story Prize
2023-05-15
Submissions for the 2023 ArabLit Story Prize are open today.Continue Reading
Sunday Submissions: Stephen Spender Prize 2023
2023-05-07
Submissions for 2023’s edition of the Stephen Spender Prize for for poetry in translation are now open. The Stephen Spender Trust writes: Translate ANY poem from ANY language into English, and win publication and cash prizes! Language lovers and budding poets of all ages are warmly invited to take partContinue Reading
Syrian Writer Haidar Haidar Dies at 87: ‘The Man of the Banquet and the Leopard is Gone’
2023-05-06
Social media was flooded with tributes to Syrian writer Haidar Haidar, who died May 5 at the age of 87.Continue Reading
Sheikh Zayed Book Awards to Iraqi Poet Ali Jaafar Alallaq, Algerian Novelist Said Khatibi, Others
2023-05-02
Iraqi author Ali Jaafar Alallaq has won the 2023 Sheikh Zayed Book Award, in the Literature category, for his 2022 memoir “إلى أين أيتها القصيدة؟ سيرة ذاتية” (Whereto, O Poem? An Autobiography).Continue Reading
On the Seizure of Kamel Riahi’s ‘The Tunisian Frankenstein’
2023-04-29
PEN America today released a statement condemning Tunisian President Kais Saied, who, they write, “gave a speech about freedom of thought to open the country’s national book fair, only to then have security agents of the state order the confiscation of a book, The Tunisian Frankenstein by author Kamel Riahi.” .Continue Reading
Najwa Barakat’s ‘Mr. N’ a Finalist for 2023 EBRD Literature Prize
2023-04-27
Whittling our shortlist down was tough, as it always is, but these are three truly outstanding novels, with overlapping themes – devotion and rebellion, timelessness and historical contingency, free will and political power – and utterly distinct identities. Each would be a worthy winner in its own right. Continue Reading
