Books

Have you heard of Roti? No, not the Rajesh Khanna starrer but the one that was made in 1942? Ever wondered how films like Muqabla ……Read More

Sheroes – Now this is a term that pretty much came into limelight last year when Priyanka Chopra's Mary Kom hit the screens. The 'She' ……Read More

English PEN is taking action on behalf of Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh, who was given a death sentence in Saudi last week: The organization has ……Read More

Tunisian-Swedish novelist and playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri has taken the Augustpriset, a leading Swedish literary award, for his novel Allt jag inte minns: The winning novel, All ……Read More

The Holy Sail (2014 Arabic, 2015 English) is Qatari journalist Abulaziz al-Mahmoud’s sophomore novel, coming on the heels of his popular and well-constructed The Corsair (2011 ……Read More

What are the women of Algeria’s myths trying to tell us? By Nadia Ghanem I am sitting on the steps outside my flat with Zoubeida ……Read More