‘KAPOW’: A Discussion of Comics and Identity at Emirates LitFest
” I turned to our male-dominated history where the role of women has been very important, yet we don’t hear about it.”
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Palestinian Children’s Literature in 6 New Books
“But these developments in Palestinian literature for young people weren’t something that happened all of a sudden.”
Emirati Author Eman Al Yousuf on Writing While Female
Again, a lot of male writers have written about women or have written from female points of view in their books, and they do so really well. But I think a woman can do it better.
In the President’s Gardens, Refusing to Forget Iraqi History
“All the events described in this novel were either directly experienced by the author or related to him by others. He assures us they are all real.”
Report: Algerian Novelist Anouar Rahmani Summoned by Police for His Fictional Characters’ Behavior
Apologies for mailing this out twice; it went out before it was ready: By Nadia Ghanem On February 28, young Algerian novelist Anouar Rahmani narrated on his Facebook wall how he […]
How to Donate to the ‘Library in Gaza’ Project
According to AFP, mail service was restored in December.
Tired of Cyberbullying and Fake Rebels? There’s Yassin Adnan’s ‘Hot Maroc’
“It’s a comedy, both in the modern and ancient senses of the word, where his author allows the reader a laugh off fictional lives and events in order to make us think about reality and its contradictions.”
Which Literary Festivals Should You Boycott?
“Probably don’t go with the idea of saving anyone.”
‘Old Paper,’ New Blog
“I admit that it is not strong evidence, but it does conjure a scene of the two lovers having a conversation with this Ottoman dignitary as they milled around at Pashkov’s feminist conference.”