Books

Some call it navel-gazing. We call it too good to put down. As much as we adore fiction, a good memoir really has a huge ……Read More

For a more in-depth look at current trends and debates within Arabic literature for tweens and teens, check out “The new wave” on Qantara, written by ArabLit ……Read More

Last year’s Prix Goncourt — France’s most prestigious literary award — went to Moroccan writer Leila Slimani for her Chanson Douce. Why this novel? What ……Read More

PEN International yesterday announced two winners of its 2017 Oxfam Novib/PEN Awards for Freedom of Expression: stateless Palestinian-Saudi poet Ashraf Fayadh (of Palestinian heritage, raised in ……Read More

Pity the Anglophone reader, who has no access to Salim Barakat! Translator Jonathan Morén answers questions about his relationship with Barakat’s work, why it wasn’t longlisted for ……Read More

Celebrated Franco-Arabo-Anglophone comix artist and musician Mazen Kerbaj announced, via his email newsletter, that he’s working on a new graphic novel to be serialized “on ……Read More