Books

Egyptian novelist Youssef Ziedan made a widely shared statement on Facebook yesterday: He will suspend “any cultural action or interaction in Egypt and the Arab world.” This ……Read More

The Sharjah International Book Fair ended on the 15th, and — by the numbers — it was the most successful in that city’s book fairs ……Read More

Yesterday was PEN‘s “Day of the Imprisoned Writer,” and they recognized five imprisoned writers. Today we remember five others: Although PEN advocates for many imprisoned writers, they highlighted ……Read More

n Nov. 20, a number of Library of Arabic Literature (LAL) stalwarts will be found at the Penn Bookstore in Philadelphia, giving a talk about “A ……Read More

Issue 51 of Banipal magazine focuses on pioneering poet Saadi Youssef, who was born in 1934 near Basra:   The section of the magazine dedicated to the Iraqi poet ……Read More

Arab authors must engage more with futuristic fiction, al-Mustafa Najjar argues. By Al-Mustafa Najjar Architecture proposed for a a rather boring future Iraq. Well-known Egyptian ……Read More