“The trilogy, and Al Noman’s establishment of Manuscript 2559, the language’s first all-science-fiction-and-fantasy publishing house, will cater to a growing audience of young Arab inquisitive minds.”
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Emirati Author Eman Al Yousuf on Writing While Female
Again, a lot of male writers have written about women or have written from female points of view in their books, and they do so really well. But I think a woman can do it better.
In More Depth: The New UAE Reading Law
“If there is a community large enough to be served by a library,” Alanood said, “then that library should be open through the week.”
2016 Sharjah Book Fair Opens to Children’s and YA Awards, Buzz About New Reading Law
“The Young Adult Book of the Year went to veteran Egyptian children’s-book author Rania Hussein Amin, author of the popular Farhana series, for her Sorakh Khalf Al Abwab (Scream Behind the Doors).”
UAE-based Kalimat Partners With Bloomsbury; They Will Publish Translations of Each Other’s Titles
“The partnership will see both publishing companies exchange the same number of books to be published in translation each year.”
Emirates LitFest Expands to Two-Week Event
“The festival is now set for March 1 to 12.”
UAE Investing in Writers, Writers, (Some) Writers
When Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi declared that the saying should no longer be “Cairo writes, Beirut publishes, and Baghdad reads,” but instead some combination of Qatari and Emirati cities, many observers scoffed. Yet the Emirates is not just investing in big book fairs and big literary prizes, but also in individual writers.
German Author Detained in Abu Dhabi After Book Fair, Released
After two weeks detained in Abu Dhabi following this year’s Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, German author Jörg Albrecht has been granted passage home. According to his publisher, he arrived in Berlin this morning.
‘Uncommon’: Guides to Cairo and Dubai with Literary Aspirations
Isabelle Mayault is editor-at-large for Uncommon Guidebooks, which has just come out with an Uncommon Dubai and has an Uncommon Cairo in production. What makes these guidebooks less-than-common is that they take a more literary, anecdotal eye on their city-subjects.
All-female Final for First-ever Emirates Novel Award, Novella Category
I’m late to this, but the first ever Emirates Novel Award (@UAENovelAward) announced three finalists for its Best Short Novel (17,000 – 40,000 words) category last Thursday.
New Prize for Arabic YA Opens for Entries
The UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) is now open for submissions to the 5th Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature — the first time there will be an award especially for YA.
Creative-writing Culture in the Emirates: Will Money Help or Hurt?
A piece by Ayesha Almazroui in The National says “The UAE is a young country and so it has yet to develop a rich literary heritage to compare with…other countries in the region.” So, she asks: How can it be jump-started? Can it be jump-started?
