As part of the University for Seniors, a community outreach program at the American University of Beirut, Mishka Mojabber Mourani was asked me to organize a series of literary evenings to […]
Fadhil al-Azzawi, renowned Iraqi author, was briefly in London to judge the Saif Ghobash-Banipal prize for Arabic Literary Translation, the results of which will be announced in January. Banipal took […]
Ibrahim Nasrallah has become known for his historical novels about Palestine, which are now a series of seven, including the one longlisted for the 2013 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, […]
This year, UNESCO is celebrating the first ever “World Arabic Language Day”: UNESCO suggests six ways to celebrate, including with calligraphy, poetry, by learning Arabic, or by reading in Arabic […]
What follows are a few books I hope and expect to read in 2013. Insha’allah* this list will grow. January The Silence and the Roar, Nihad Sirees, trans. Max Weiss – […]
Anwar Hamed was born in the West Bank in 1957, which is where he began writing and publishing his stories, as a 15-year-old schoolboy. In 1980, he moved to Hungary, and […]
In his afterword to Rashid Boudjedra’s The Barbary Figs (afterwords! these are so much better than prefaces!), translator André Naffis-Sahely comments briefly that the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) […]
Can books help Egyptian children grapple with the current political landscape in Cairo, particularly the constitution, on which their parents will vote today? Mona Elnamoury reflects. By Mona Elnamoury With daily debates […]
It seemed a fairly safe bet that Rabee Jaber’s 2011 novel طيور الهوليداي إن (The Birds of Holiday Inn) would be on the 2013 longlist. And here it is, Jaber’s […]
