Books

Two years after his sentencing, a group of United Nations human-rights experts reminded the world about Muhammad al-Ajami, serving 15 years in Qatar for writing and ……Read More

Men Like Allama Mashriqi Are Born Once In Centuries: A Collection of Articles by Nasim Yousaf (Allama Mashriqi’s grandson) was exhibited at the world-famous Frankfurt ……Read More

In this season of the Yazidi “Festival of Assembly,” Iraqi novelist Layla Qasrany remembers her encounters with the Yazidi people: By Layla Qasrany Photo courtesy Layla ……Read More

"When I began writing this book, it wasn't my intention to put forth a Big Theory or Thesis that would 'explain' or summarize Hrishikesh Mukherjee's ……Read More

Boualem Sansal’s 2084 is undoubtedly a publishing success: people are buying the books and it’s now been placed on eight prize longlists. But is it, essentially, a failure?  A ……Read More

Translator Humphrey Davies, who translated al-Ghitani’s Pyramid Texts and The Mahfouz Dialogues, told the Associated Press that al-Ghitani pioneered a style “which was a kind ……Read More