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In an interview posted on the Beirut39 website, Sousan Hammad asked Iraqi novelst Ahmed Saadawi who, among Iraqi writers, had most influenced him: At first, the short stories and novels […]

I don’t quite understand this government-run survey. I imagine that, even in the closest-knit Egyptian family, there might be slight differences of opinion about reading. Also, I’m not sure how […]

Now the Lebanese are trying to get in on the death-of-Arabic act. Apparently, my six-year-old knows more written Arabic than many Lebanese university students*, who are apparently unable to recite […]

Ali Abdel Mohsen has a delightful report on what must’ve been a pretty dreadful book event featuring acclaimed (Arabic Booker-winning) author Bahaa Taher and a pair of literary critics. Says […]

I don’t like exclamation points (except in the case of irony, of course!!), but in this case I think it’s warranted. Go ahead, skip my discussion of this literary graphic […]

For the past few weeks, Michael Luongo has been shopping Gay Travels in the Muslim World around—wouldn’t you know it—the Muslim world. Luongo has said, in his blogs for The […]

Kotob Khan has announced a second workshop on literary criticism under the supervision of Professor Sayed Bahraoui. The workshop will start in April; let them know if you’re interested. Also, […]

I have been caught up in an Elias Khoury feeding frenzy of late, reading Yalo (Quercus edition), Gate of the Sun, and White Faces (or White Masks, as Maia Tabet […]