Publisher and Author Riyad al-Rayyis Dies at 83
“He founded his publishing house in London in 1986, and moved it to Beirut in the early 1990s.”
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Sunday Submissions: ArabLit Quarterly Winter 2020: DREAMS
ArabLit Quarterly’s Winter 2020 issue will have a focus on DREAMS.
Bulaq 56: ‘The Cat Is Out of the Bag’
This episode of Bulaq looks at the Fall 2020 issue of ArabLit Quarterly.
‘Center for Greek and Arabic Literature and Culture’ Launches
The idea for the center was sparked by the Arab World Festival Corfu in 2011.
Join Banipal Fellows and Translators in Zoom Talk Tomorrow
Tomorrow at 4 p.m. BST, Banipal magazine and St. Aidan’s College will be hosting a Zoom event to celebrate five years of the Banipal visiting writer fellowship.
ArabLit Quarterly Fall 2020, the CATS Issue
Cats have made themselves an essential part of human literatures.
Eritrea-based Arabic Short-story Prizes Announces 2020 Winner
The winner of the 2020 prize, named for the renowned Eritrean writer, went to Sudanese short-story writer Mohammed Hassan Al-Nahat for “باحة بروكا” (“Broca’s Area”).
Books by Adania Shibli, Jonas Hassen Khemiri Make 2020 National Book Awards Longlist
The ten fictional works that made the 2020 longlist are surprisingly diverse.
Tunisian Author and Philosopher Kamel Zoghbani Dies at 55
Tunisian writer and philosopher Kamel Zoghbani (1965-2020) died on Monday, September 14, after a sudden heart attack. He was 55.