Column: Arab Literature
Marcia Lynx Qualey is a Cairo-based writer and reader who runs a popular blog on Arab Literature, a subject that she also covers for Your Middle East in this biweekly column.
The capital of Arab comics: Algiers, Beirut, Cairo or Dubai?
Egyptian graphic novelist and children’s-book illustrator Achraf Abd Elazim is enthusiastic about the Arab comics scene.
A look back at the 2012 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
But the saying is incomplete in another way.
Spring calendar of Arabic literary events & book releases
March 14 “This is Jerusalem“: Poetry by Najwan Darwish and music by Basel Zayed. 8 p.m.
Cairo book fair sees less visitors but large interest in books on revolution and Christianity
There was an ad-hoc quality to this year's Cairo International Book Fair -- which ran from...
Ibrahim Aslan dead – The World Lost a Major Writer
The great Ibrahim Aslan (1935-2012) died on January 7 after entering the hospital with heart trouble.
Required reading for those watching the U.S. presidential debates
The U.S. presidential debate-season is here, with its slew of angrier-than-thou statements about bombing Middle Eastern countries back to a pre-literate...Censorship Update: Libya un-bans books
Earlier this month, the Toronto Star’s Mitch Potter (@MPWrites) attended a “book unbanning” ceremony in Tripoli, Libya.
The Rise of the Emirati Book Fair
Sharjah International Book Fair organizers are intent, like their counterparts in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, on putting their fair on the map of must-attend literary events.
Nawal El Saadawi at 80: Working on a New Novel that Reflects Tahrir’s ‘Dream’
Last week, Egyptian author and activist Dr. Nawal El Saadawi told BBC4 that she is at work on a new novel. When...
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Image Of The Week: A Palestinian protestor holds a banner and a photo of a relative
Demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails outside the Massiyahu Prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, May 3. Israel has so far rejected all appeals lodged by the hunger strikers.
