Books

This interview was originally conducted by our Algeria Editor Nadia Ghanem in French and translated into English. In it, Ghanem and novelist Zehira Houfani discuss what led the ……Read More

While sex, drugs and pizzas have been stable story elements in Algerian novels over the past decade (for pizzas, read Chawki Amari), a prominent place ……Read More

Basma Abdel Aziz — whose novel Al-Tabuur (The Queue) is forthcoming in English translation next year, courtesy of Elisabeth Jaquette and Melville House Press — talked with ……Read More

What an epic disappointment! This is what you end up exclaiming not just when you reach the end of the book, but by the time ……Read More

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) yesterday condemned the detention of Omani poet and TV producer Nasser Al-Badri: The poet was apparently seized by Oman ……Read More

What a fantastic read! In the world which is cluttered with books dedicated on Bollywood stars and an occasional homage to a director, it is ……Read More