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Yesterday was PEN‘s “Day of the Imprisoned Writer,” and they recognized five imprisoned writers. Today we remember five others: Although PEN advocates for many imprisoned writers, they highlighted ……Read More

n Nov. 20, a number of Library of Arabic Literature (LAL) stalwarts will be found at the Penn Bookstore in Philadelphia, giving a talk about “A ……Read More

Issue 51 of Banipal magazine focuses on pioneering poet Saadi Youssef, who was born in 1934 near Basra:   The section of the magazine dedicated to the Iraqi poet ……Read More

Arab authors must engage more with futuristic fiction, al-Mustafa Najjar argues. By Al-Mustafa Najjar Architecture proposed for a a rather boring future Iraq. Well-known Egyptian ……Read More

In an essay that first appeared on Raseef22, Morocco-based writer and educator Nahrain Al-Mousawi explores the development — and future – of Arabic prison literature: By Nahrain Al-Mousawi Arabic literature ……Read More