Today, we make a delayed announcement that the winners of the 2023 ArabLit Story Prize are Dima El Mouallem and Ibrahim al-Koni, for El Mouallem’s translation of al-Koni’s “The Desert Also […]
DECEMBER 12, 2023 — The Kuwait-based AlMultaqa Prize for Arabic Short Stories has announced their five-book shortlist for the 2023-24 awards cycle. According to judging chair Shahla Ujayli, a former winner […]
DECEMBER 7, 2023 — A November 7 report from the NGO “Heritage for Peace” estimated that more than 100 heritage sites had been destroyed in Gaza since the start of the […]
DECEMBER 7, 2023 — Author, editor, translator, and educator Refaat Alareer reportedly died today in an airstrike on his sister’s home that also killed his brother, sister, and her four children, […]
On October 17 of this year, Stanford University Press published Refqa Abu-Remaileh’s “Country of Words: A Transnational Atlas for Palestinian Literature,” which is available online at countryofwords.org. The project, made available […]
Palestine Festival of Literature is organizing an event next Wednesday “to hear from crucial voices about the ongoing war on Gaza and what we can do to stop it.” The […]
On December 1, the Banipal Trust for Arab Literature announced the 2023 shortlist for the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. Judged by Ros Schwartz, Tony Calderbank, Sarah […]
NOVEMBER 29, 2023 — With more than 30 books in nine languages, publishers from around the world have come together to support an international #ReadPalestine week, starting today. During this week, participating publishers, […]
On Saturday, November 25th, 2023, writers from around the world will gather for a 24-hour online reading in support of Palestinian writers, Palestinian voices in diaspora, and their allies. The reading […]
