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Banipal, Banipal Book Club, Omaima al-Khamis, Sarah Enany, The Book Smuggler, virtual book club

Banipal Book Club: ‘The Book Smuggler,’ by Omaima al-Khamis (tr. Sarah Enany)

May 25, 2022

Banipal Book Club will be discussing The Book Smuggler by Omaima al-Khamis, translated by Sarah Enany.

Poetry Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, Nesrine Amin, Omaima al-Khamis, Sawad Hussain

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

August 28, 2019

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: […]

Poetry Badreya al-Bishr, Dr. Amal Shata, Dr. Soad Jaber, Fawzia Abu Khaled, Hissa Hilal, Laila al-Juhni, Laila al-Ouhaydib, Omaima al-Khamis, Raja Alem, Raja Alsanea, Samar al-Muqrin, Samira Khashuqji's, Siba al-Harz, Wafaa’ Abdel Rahman, Zaynab Hanafi, Zeinab Hifni

Should There Be Quotas for Women in Saudi Book Clubs?

December 30, 2010

Al-Khamees, whose The Leafy Tree was longlisted for the 2010 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), said that Saudi women’s participation in literary clubs should be supported with specific membership quotas, according to ArabNews.