Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature

Sunday Submissions: Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature

Submissions are open for the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2022 until January 15, 2022.Continue Reading

6 Books Make 2021 Naguib Mahfouz Medal Shortlist

Five judges chose the six shortlisted titles from among 270 Arabic novels submitted from around the world. Continue Reading

Naguib Mahfouz Day: New Reads and More for the Author’s 109th

“More from 2020 in the afterlife of Naguib Mahfouz.”Continue Reading

Special Excerpt: ‘Voyage of the Cranes in the Cities of Agate’

Saudi Novelist Omaima Al-Khamis’ Voyage of the Cranes in the Cities of Agate was winner of the 2018 Naguib Mahfouz Medal and also longlisted for the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction: The novel is forthcoming in translation from Hoopoe Fiction; this excerpt appears with their permission. By Omaima al-Khamis Translated byContinue Reading

Another Year in the Afterlife of Naguib Mahfouz

“In a curious NYTimes ‘Bookends’ piece this July, Francince Prose argues that Naguib Mahfouz should be added to ‘the’ canon.”Continue Reading

An Excerpt from Faleeha Hassan’s ‘War And Me’
“From the events I recount in this memoir, you will understand that next to my name in the Unknown World or beside it at the moment I was born, the only comment inscribed must have been: ‘Faleeha Hassan will coexist with war for most of the years of her life.'”
Sudanese Writer Reem Gaafar Makes 2023 Island Prize Longlist
Organizers have announced the longlist for the 2023 Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa.
Rewriting National History from a Personal Perspective: Hiyem Cheurfa on Arab Women’s Life Writing
This March, Hiyem Cheurfa’s new book Contemporary Arab Women’s Life Writing and the Politics of Resistance appeared as part of Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature series. In it, Cheurfa takes us on a journey through a number of women’s memoirs, written in the context of twenty-first century uprisings. In this conversation, the author talks about the challenges and the difficulties of writing this book and how the texts she studied changed her life.
Lit & Found: ‘Sudanese Novels Through Time’
Over at Kotobli, they have posted a new list; this time, of Sudanese novels through time. The list was curated by Sudanese-American writer Razan Idris.