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issue #3 of Beirut urban journal Portal 9 focuses on fiction
Portal 9 Issue #3 With its third issue the Beirut-based journal of stories and critical writing on urbanism and the city Portal 9 again shows its capacity to surprise and delight in terms of both...
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shining a light on the short stories of Kuwaiti writer Mai Al-Nakib
Kuwaiti author Mai al-Nakib's beautifully accomplished first collection of short stories, The Hidden Light of Objects, was published recently by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing. Al-Nakib, born...
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Libyan writer Ahmed Fagih's 'Maps of the Soul' published in English
Darf Publishers of London has published what may well turn out to be the longest Arabic work of fiction to appear in a single volume in English translation this year: Libyan author Ahmed Fagih's...
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Iraqi writer Hassan Blasim & British translator Jonathan Wright win...
Iraqi Hassan Blasim is first Arab winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction PrizeFor the first time in its 24-year history, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize has been won by an Arab writer – Iraqi...
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This Room is Waiting: a groundbreaking anthology of Iraqi-UK poetry...
report by Susannah Tarbush, London“'What’s the Arabic for aphrodisiac?’ someone shouted in the conference room of Kurdistan’s Swedish Village, home to the eight poets of Reel Iraq 2013. Cue a twenty...
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Philip Larkin Society takes the train to celebrate 50th anniversary of The...
at Hull station: Philip Larkin statue by sculptor Martin Jennings The Philip Larkin Society has organised two special events to mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of the poet's collection...
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an evening of memories, insights and readings: Seamus Heaney Tribute at Kings...
In March 2012 I was fortunate enough be present when Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney read his poetry at Kings Place in London during an evening celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Forward Prizes for...
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BQFP publishes English translation of Lebanese novelist Jabbour Douaihy's...
... A shootout in a church in a northern Lebanese village on 16 June 1957 in which some two dozen people are killed. The tearing apart of the community into two bitterly divided clans. Neighbour...
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'Translating the Syrian News': a prelude to UK tour of 'Syria Speaks'
(L to R): Malu Halasa, Paul Mason, Armand HuraultAt the Translating the Syrian News event held at the Free Word Centre in London on the eveing of Thursday of last week, a panel discussed how events in...
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announcement on Funeral and Condolences day of Palestinian Judge Eugene Cotran
Judge Eugene Cotran, one of the most loved and eminent members of the Palestinian community in the UK and far beyond, died on 7 June. Please find below the details of his funeral on 20th June and of...
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John McHugo's A Concise History of the Arabs now out in paperback
There must these days be many news followers who would like to be able to stretch out a hand and reach for a book that would explain the background to, and history of, the various complex conflicts...
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anthology of futuristic Iraqi stories wins English PEN translation grant
An anthology of futuristic short stories by Iraqi authors edited by Hassan Blasim - winner of this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (IFFP) - has been awarded an English PEN grant for...
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The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction
Last month the Gazan fiction writer and political scientist Atef Abu Saif toured Britain to promote a short story anthology he edited and contributed to: The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction,...
View Articleevidence mounts of Israeli army's deliberate attacks on Gaza health workers
Press release issued by AMNESTY INTERNATIONALThursday 07 August 2014, 6:00 am GMTMounting evidence of deliberate attacks on Gaza health workers by Israeli army An immediate investigation is needed into...
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Medical workers & facilties being targeted by Israeli forces in Gaza: the...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 7 August 2014Evidence of medical workers and facilities being targeted by Israeli forces in Gaza Testimonies from doctors, nurses, and ambulance workers who have...
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Enemy on the Euphrates: The British Occupation of Iraq & the Great Arab...
Enemy on the Euphrates: the British Occupation of Iraq and the Great Arab Revolt 1914-1921by Ian RutledgeSaqi Books, London, 471pp hardbackISBN 978 0 86356 762 9review by Susannah Tarbush, London an...
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Gazan writers' recent contributions to the international media
On 23 July this blog published a post on The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction, an anthology of short stories by Gazan writers edited by author, journalist and political scientist Atef Abu Saif and...
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Comma Press invites new Iraqi futuristic short stories by 10 November deadline
Manchester-based Comma Press is looking, by a deadline of 10th November 2014, for new short stories written by Iraqi writers and set in Iraq to be submitted for an anthology to be published in both...
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Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema proves its popularity
This Friday at 8.30pm the film programme of Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema begins at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in central London with the Open Gala UK premiere of the...
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IPAF nadwa for emerging Arab writers opens in Abu Dhabi resort
the participants in the IPAF 2014 nadwa The sixth annual International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) literary workshop or 'nadwa' for emerging Arab writers opened today in Abu Dhabi at the secluded...
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