Books

A look at al-Hassan Bakri’s most recent novel, A Tale of One City: By Nassir al-Sayeid al-Nour Al-Hassan Bakri is a Sudanese academic and acclaimed novelist, ……Read More

Sudanese critic Lemya Shammat shares the poetry of Azhari Mohammad Ali as nationwide anti-austerity demonstrations continue across Sudan. As Shammat writes, “people have daringly chosen to risk ……Read More

Mosuli historian-blogger Omar Mohammed — who for years wrote pseudonymously as “Mosul Eye” — has been collecting books to rebuild Mosul’s libraries: Japanese books for Mosul. Mariko Iino, ……Read More

December 18 is “UN Arabic Language Day,” and organizations around the world are celebrating: Lithuania is hosting a two-day “Arabų kultūros forumas,” UNESCO is focusing ……Read More

A new English translation of Iraqi-Israeli writer Samir Naqqash’s complex novel can be a slog. The translator makes a number of questionable choices in bringing ……Read More

Palestinian poet and artist Dareen Tatour‘s next court date — appealing her “incitement” conviction for poetry and a facebook post — has been set for December ……Read More