Books

Jordanian novelist Amjad Nasser finally held a “launch” event for the English version of Land of No Rain, along with translator Jonathan Wright, earlier this month. Translator Elisabeth ……Read More

Absolutely brilliant! These are the two words that aptly define Coffee Table book Kick – A Karizmatic Journey that has been put together by Sajid ……Read More

Scholar and theatre artist Nesreen Hussein is raising funds for an unusual performance: One that turns an academic and personal essay into a multilayered, ongoing theatre event: The first ……Read More

The 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award longlist — 142 books long — was announced yesterday. The €100,000 prize gathers nominees from libraries in 114 cities ……Read More

“Young adult” readers of Arabic literature, by demographic rights, should be the biggest and most voracious audience for new books. Some young adults are driving the success of books ……Read More

Yesterday, the University of Arkansas formally announced the co-winners of their 2014 Arabic Translation Prize. Today, a story first published in Banipal from co-winning author Hisham Bustani, trans. ……Read More