Books

Tadween’s Mahmoud Mostafa recently had a good overview of the lack of contemporary literature in Egypt’s schools: An example of lignification from http://thehotpepper.com/. His “The ……Read More

Read a rundown of what’s been happening with Lebanon’s Samandal magazine in The Guardian and find the magazine’s crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo: From The Guardian: A Lebanese satirical comic last ……Read More

Ahmed Naji’s court date has been set for November 14, at which time he and his attorneys will have to defend his novel-excerpt published in Akhbar al-Adab, ……Read More

Journalist and novelist Ahmed Naje was referred to criminal court Saturday for Akhbar al-Adab’s publication of an excerpt of his novel The Use of Life (استخدام الحياة), which passed ……Read More

The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) has announced this year’s National Translation Award (NTA). This year, it’s gone to William Hutchins’ translation of Ibrahim al-Koni’s New Waw: ……Read More

Last month al-Dar al-Misrya al-Lubnaniyya published Soheir al-Musadafah’s fourth novel, Hot Whiteness (Bayad Sakhin). Aisha Nasser By Aisha Nasser In all her novels thus far, Soheir al-Musadafah ……Read More