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NOVEMBER 29, 2024 — Today marks the start of the second annual Read Palestine Week. *Download a free copy of the new publication, And Still We Write, published in collaboration […]
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Taysir Batniji’s ‘Disruptions’ wins PhotoBook of the Year 2024
On Friday, November 8, organizers announced that Palestinian artist Taysir Batniji had won the 2024 PhotoBook of the Year at the Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards for his Disruptions. Judges wrote: […]
Bowing to the Rose but Never to the Sword: A Tribute to Hashim Siddig
By Adil Babikir NOVEMBER 12, 2024 — Amid horrifying reports of mass killings sweeping their country, the Sudanese people awoke on Saturday to the heartbreaking news of the loss of […]
Part Two: ‘I Don’t Want to Forget Who I Am’
By Mahmoud Al-Shaer ed. Wiam El-Tamami Mahmoud Al-Shaer is a Palestinian editor, curator, poet, and cultural organizer. He is an active and influential member of the cultural field in Gaza, […]
Dr. Hashim Mirghani Wins Katara Prize for Criticism
By Lemya Shammat OCTOBER 18, 2024 — Dr. Hashim Mirghani Al-Hajj — a distinguished Sudanese writer, critic, and academic — has been awarded the prestigious Katara Novel Prize in the […]
Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature Announces 2024 Shortlists
OCTOBER 17, 2024 — The Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature, one of the largest regional prizes dedicated to literature for young readers, today announced its shortlists in five categories: […]
New Lit Prize for Debut Novelists
A year after Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa’s untimely death at the age of 59 — on September 30, 2023 — a group of his friends announced the launch of a […]
National Book Award Finalists Include Fady Joudah, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Two Translations from Arabic
OCTOBER 1, 2024 — This year’s list of finalists for the 2024 National Book Awards saw works by Arab authors in four of the five categories: Libyan-British author Hisham Matar’s […]
Sudanese Poet Mohammed El-Makki Ibrahim Dies at 85
By Lemya Shammat SEPTEMBER 29, 2024 — Mohammed El-Makki Ibrahim (1939-2024), a celebrated poet and cultural icon of Sudan, died today in Cairo. He was 85. Born in El-Obied, North […]