Authors and Translators Who Left Us in 2023
This is only a partial list of the influential authors, translators, and scholars of Arabic literature whose deaths we marked in 2023; we continue to mark the losses in Gaza. […]
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Egyptian Author, Activist, Physician Nawal El-Saadawi Dies at 89
Egyptian author, activist, and physician Nawal El Saadawi — one of the most widely translated Arab authors of the twentieth century — died Sunday at the age of 89.
Authors & Translators Who Left Us in 2020
A look back at a few authors, screenwriters, and publishers who left us in 2020.
Syrian Actor, Writer, and Director Hatem Ali Dies at 58
Renowned Syrian director, actor, screenwriter, and author Hatem Ali died of a heart attack on Tuesday at the age of 58.
Egyptian Novelist Bahaa Abdelmegid Dies after Complications from Covid-19
“Abdelmegid died on Sunday evening at the Ain Shams Field Hospital.”
Egyptian Sci Fi Novelist Nabil Farouk Dies at 64
“His daughter, Reham Farouk, announced that he had died of a heart attack.”
Publisher and Author Riyad al-Rayyis Dies at 83
“He founded his publishing house in London in 1986, and moved it to Beirut in the early 1990s.”
Tunisian Author and Philosopher Kamel Zoghbani Dies at 55
Tunisian writer and philosopher Kamel Zoghbani (1965-2020) died on Monday, September 14, after a sudden heart attack. He was 55.