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A forthcoming (December, insha’allah) issue of American Book Review will have a focus on Arab-American literature, curated by poet Philip Metres.

Nora Parr was on hand to hear Ibrahim Nasrallah’s final thoughts about Time of White Horses and (perhaps) his next book in the series, during his UK tour:

Iraqi author Hassan Blasim’s new short-story collection, The Iraqi Christ, won’t be available until February or March of 2013. But if you want to get a copy early:

What made novelist Ezzedine Choukri Fishere decide to serialize? “Madness, simply. I wanted so much to write and publish immediately; it was an irresistible urge, almost physical.”

Mahmoud Saeed’s short story “Lizards’ Colony,” trans. William Hutchins, was recently nominated for the Pushcart by World Literature Today. Saeed answered a few questions about the story, and about his career as […]

Celebrated translator and scholar Issa J. Boullata wrote in about Banipal’s 45th issue: Completing 15 years of publishing, Banipal 45–Writers from Palestine—(Winter 2012) is a gem of literary journalism. In […]

Palestinian novelist Ibrahim Nasrallah launched the English translation of his Time of White Horses at the Mosaic Rooms this past Tuesday. Nasrallah spoke of his project — depicting the epic history of contemporary Palestinian life.

Writers from Palestine.

Noura Noman’s debut science fiction novel, Ajwan, was just released this past week at the Sharjah International Book Fair at a packed event.