Books

The graphic novel Escape from Syria, written by Samya Kullab and drawn by Jackie Roche, was published in October 2017 and shortlisted for the School ……Read More

It’s publication day for the “lost” collection of short stories (or short texts) by Naguib Mahfouz, titled The Whisper of Stars in Arabic. The collection will also ……Read More

Towering Palestinian-Iraqi writer, artist, and translator Jabra Ibrahim Jabra (1920-1994) — who spent much of his life in Iraq — died twenty-four years ago tomorrow: Painting ……Read More

You wouldn’t know it from the landscape of translated Egyptian fiction, but horror is one of the genres that dominates the Cairo book market, both at ……Read More

Iraqi writer Diaa Jubaili has won the 2018 Almultaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story with his collection There are No Windmills in Basra: The prize committee, chaired ……Read More

Last month, Albion Beatnik Press published two poetry collections by Ruba Abughaida — the Arabic edition of her Paths and Passageways, and also Abughaida’s own English translation: Abughaida, ……Read More