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In what Haaretz calls an “unprecedented ruling,” Israeli Arab author Ala Hlehel will be allowed to visit Beirut for the Beirut39 festival (celebrating 39 Arab writers under 40). Israeli citizens […]

First: Comics and video artist Barrack Rima will be giving a public lecture on comics this Tuesday at 5pm at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in LRC 21. From the […]

If you’re in NYC, go on and respondez sil vouz plait. This should be interesting: Tahar Ben Jelloun “Leaving Tangiers: Exile &  Migration in the Modern Moroccan Novel”* Thursday, April […]

Child narrators are a popular (and old) fictional device: Joyce’s Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, Twain’s The Adventures of Huck Finn. They can critique society in ways […]

It’s apparently official: Israeli Arab authors Ala Hlehel and Adania Shibli will not be allowed to travel to (enemy) Beirut to receive their Beirut39 awards and participate in events with […]

Today, the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute is set to host an event titled: Fortune-teller: Reflections on the Future of Arts, Education and Economy in the Middle East. Political economists Kiren […]

According to the Egyptian Gazette and Zeinobia over at the Egyptian Chronicles, Ahmed Mahanna has been released by Egyptian State Security. Mahanna’s home was raided over the weekend, and he […]

I had just finished I Saw Ramallah, which was published in English in 2000 by AUC Press. I have no excuse for being 10 years late to this beautiful book, […]

Meet best-selling author Bilal Fadl (at the Zamalek Diwan), and have him sign your copy of best-selling A Chagrined Laugh. Tonight at 7 p.m. Or, if you prefer, you can […]