Magdy Naguib Dies at 87
FEBRUARY 7, 2024 — The Egyptian Society of Authors and Composers today announced the death of the poet and children’s book author Magdy Naguib, after a recent struggle with illness. […]
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‘All Rights Reserved to the People of Palestine’: Collecting & Translating Words Written in the Face of Genocide
Special to ArabLit Passages Through Genocide (gazapassages.com) is an online project that collates and disseminates texts written by Gazans living through the current Israeli assault. Conceived and run by an anonymous […]
Ahmed Naji’s ‘Rotten Evidence’ a Finalist for 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award
JANUARY 25, 2024 — Today, the National Book Critics Circle announced its finalists for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards, which are granted in eight categories: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, […]
Eight Publishers Bringing Out Gazan ‘Diary of a Genocide’ in 7 Languages
By ArabLit Staff Political scientist and multi-award-winning novelist Gazan Atef Abu Saif — author of the moving The Drone Eats with Me, an account of the 2014 bombardment of Gaza — […]
Global Day of Action: #ReadforRefaat
JANUARY 15, 2024 — This marks forty days since the Palestinian poet, editor, and educator Refaat Alareer was killed in Gaza under Israeli bombardment. Today, Publishers for Palestine are calling for a […]
Luke Leafgren Wins Banipal Prize for Translation of Najwa Barakat’s ‘Mr. N’
JANUARY 8, 2024 — Organizers announced today that the 2023 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation has been awarded to Luke Leafgren for his translation of Najwa Barakat’s Mister N, which […]
Release of Atef Abu Saif’s 2023 Memoir ‘Don’t Look Left: A Diary of Genocide’
DECEMBER 27, 2023 Publisher Comma Press — which previously brought out Atef Abu Saif’s acclaimed The Drone Eats With Me — yesterday published a new memoir by the award-winning author, titled Don’t Look Left: […]
Poets & Writers Join ‘Fast for Gaza’ December 21, 2023
Poets, writers, scholars, organizers, and others — including the collective at ArabLit — are calling for a “Fast for Gaza” beginning December 21, 2023, from sunrise to sunset, which will […]
Egypt’s Sawiris Award Announces 2024 Shortlists of Emerging Writer Prizes
DECEMBER 16, 2023 — Yesterday, the Sawiris Foundation announced the shortlists for its 2024 emerging writers and screenwriting awards. The prize is in its nineteenth year. The five-book shortlist for the […]