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November 2014: Global Arab and Arabic Literary Events Calendar
A global list of events that feature Arab or Arabic literature in some sort of translation. This is just the start at November’s list; please ……Read More
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Kamel Daoud’s ‘Meursault’ Among Prix Goncourt’s Final Four, English Rights to Oneworld
Prix Goncourt organizers have announced the final cut, leaving just four titles in the running for the biggest of the French book prizes. Among them is Algerian ……Read More
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Egyptian Board on Books for Young People Reinventing Itself
The Egyptian Board on Books for Young People (EBBY) has recently re-launched its website and is re-launching itself in a meeting at Balsam Bookstore next ……Read More
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Mai al-Nakib Wins Edinburgh International Book Festival’s 2014 First Book Award
Kuwaiti author Mai Al-Nakib has won the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s 2014 “First Book Award” for her debut short-story collection The Hidden Light of Objects: The ……Read More
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Books by Amin Maalouf, Rabee Jaber, and Sonallah Ibrahim to be Turned into Films
Although some films are just a watered-down, punched-up version of the novel that inspired them, films (or TV series) and novels can have a powerful artistic chemistry: ……Read More
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The Theatre of Empty Stomachs
Today, Ittihadiya detainees including rights activists Yara Sallam and Sanaa Abdel-Fattah, will receive a verdict. Abdel-Fattah, like a number of other arrested activists, has been on a hunger strike for ……Read More