Books

Acclaimed poet and lyricist Mido Zoheir died Sunday morning of a heart attack: Zoheir was widely beloved, and readers crowded into the Cairo International Book ……Read More

As part of putting together “Young, gifted and Yemeni: Writers find inspiration despite war,” ArabLit’s M Lynx Qualey messaged with four writers who took part ……Read More

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction has cancelled the 2020 awards ceremony; details about how the winner will be announced are still forthcoming: This announcement ……Read More

How can we read Cairo’s buildings and streets? Two new books try ways of mapping the city: By N.A. Mansour Photo credits: N.A. Mansour Cairo’s ……Read More

Syrian poet Rasha Omran’s latest collection, زوجةٌ سرِّيَّةٌ للغياب [A Secret Wife of Absence], is now out from Al-Mutawassit Press. Omran’s sixth collection offers a sustained meditation ……Read More

Muhammad Wardi died in Khartoum eight years ago today, on February 18, 2012: By Lemya Shammat Born to a Nubian family in Wadi Halfa, in northern Sudan, ……Read More