Yesterday afternoon, I met with Palestinian-British novelist Selma Dabbagh, following her trip to Gaza with the 2012 Palestine Festival of Literature. Dabbagh’s debut novel Out of It (BQFP 2011, US edition […]
This week in NYC, visit the MoMA for a glut of Naguib Mahfouz movies. They’re showing eight different Mahfouz-inspired films from Egypt and Mexico, the earliest being Darb al Mahabil (1955) […]
Last night, the final event for the 2012 Palestine Festival of Literature was shut down. According to a PalFest press release: The 5th Palestine Festival of Literature (2012), taking place […]
Three New Websites Editoriaraba: Un blog per raccontare le novità editoriali del mondo arabo! http://editoriaraba.wordpress.com/ I know that a number of ArabLit’s readers come from Italy; here is an ArabLit […]
As guests of the 2012 Palestine Festival for Literature (PalFest) waited — and waited — at the Rafah-Gaza crossing last night, the affiliated fest in Ramallah kicked off with “Representing […]
With the Palestine Festival of Literature insha’allah just two days away, author Nora Lester Murad (www.noralestermurad.com) discusses the possibilities and challenges of the literary scene, as she’s experienced it, in […]
There are two events in NYC this week related to Alia Malek’s Patriot Acts: One tonight at CUNY Graduate Center (6:30 p.m.) and May 5 at Cooper Union for the PEN World Voices Festival’s: […]
From the Egypt Independent: Egypt was one of just 14 countries represented by submissions to this year’s Caine Prize for African Writing, sometimes referred to as the “African Booker.” The prestigious and […]
Soor el-Azbakeya (The Azbakeya Fence) is Cairo’s oldest book market. The market, once set by the fence shown at right, played an important role in Egypt’s cultural and intellectual life […]
