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open evening at BALMAL - the Banipal Arab British Centre Library of Modern...
Banipal Arab British Centre Library of Modern Arab Literature - BALMAL On Thursday evening Banipal magazine of modern Arabic literature and the Arab British Centre jointly held the first-ever open...
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Britain faces rising domestic terror threat related to Islamic State
لندن في قلب الحرب على الإرهاب قد تغيـّر عدداً من قوانينها below is the original English text of article published in Al-Hayat newspaper on 18 November 2012 in Arabic translationby Susannah Tarbush,...
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Hurst publishes Prof Jean-Pierre Filiu's definitive history of Gaza in...
During the prolonged Israeli assault on Gaza this summer, the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 weekday news programme The World At One Ed Stourton interviewed Jean-Pierre Filiu, professor of Middle East...
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Saudi novelist Yousef al-Mohaimeed's 'Where Pigeons Don't Fly' apears in...
Saudi writer Yousef Al-Mohaimeed's prizewinning 2009 novel Where Pigeons Don't Fly is to be published on 4 December by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP) in Roger Moger's translation from...
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Sumia Sukkar's novel 'The Boy from Aleppo who Painted the War' dramatised for...
"I hope my readers feel an emotional attachment with the characters and are able to get a glimpse of the disastrous state many families are in. Syrian children had to suddenly wake up one day as...
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Iraqi poet Fadhil Assultani writes his perspective on British poet Philip...
Review - first published October 2014 in About Larkin issue 38 - of Fadhil Assultani's Philip Larkin, An Outsider Poet: Transcending Solitude, Sex and the Ordinary(Mira Publishing House, Leeds, UK,...
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Karim Miské to discuss his debut novel 'Arab Jazz' at Oxford & London events
Arab Jazz – Book TourFebruary 9 @ 7:00 pm - February 11 @ 8:00 pmThe prizewinning French filmmaker and writer Karim Miské visits the UK in the second week of February to celebrate the publication of...
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shortlist of IPAF - the 'Arabic Booker' prize - is unveiled
International Prize for Arabic Fiction announces 2015 shortlist Atef Abu Saif of Palestine, Jana Elhassan of Lebanon, Lina Huyan Elhassan of Syria, Shukri al-Mabkhout of Tunisia, Ahmed al-Madeeni of...
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Saqi Books publishes John McHugo's 'Syria: A Recent History'
British author John McHugo explores the historical roots of the Syrian predicamentby Susannah Tarbush (An Arabic version of this article appeared in Al-Hayat newspaper on 28 February 2015)Despite the...
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a memorable evening in London celebrates Sinan Antoon's winning of Saif...
report and photos by Susannah TarbushEvery year the Banipal Trust for Arab Literature organises an event in London to celebrate the winner of the annual Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary...
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ANTIBOOKCLUB "sold out print edition of Amir Tag Elsir's 'French Perfume' in...
a cheeky statement from ANTIBOOKCLUB:ANTIBOOKCLUB goes too far with latest novel...Shut out by its own industry, ANTIBOOKCLUB rises above The book no one would review just sold out within twelve hours...
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interview with Kuwaiti writer Saud Alsanousi on publication of The Bamboo...
On 23 April, the second anniversary of Kuwait writer Saud Alsanousi's winning of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) (also known as the Arabic Booker) for his novel The Bamboo Stalk,...
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Dr Rod Abouharb Labour candidate for Kensington: a profile
Parliamentary candidate Dr Rod Abouharb fights for Labour in London’s Kensington constituency by Susannah Tarbush[An Arabic version of this article appeared in Al-Hayat newspaper on 22 April...
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29 April launch for Kuwaiti author Saud Alsanousi's novel The Bamboo Stalk in...
Tomorrow - on the second anniversary of young Kuwait writer Saud Alsanousi's winning the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) (also known as the Arabic Booker) for his novel The Bamboo Stalk,...
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Nigerian and South African writers dominate Caine Prize 2015 shortlist
Ten years after Nigerian author Segun Afolabi won the 2005 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story "Monday Morning", it was announced today that he is among the five writers shortlisted for...
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debut novel inspired by the Arab Spring wins IPAF for Tunisian writer Shukri...
The Italian by Tunisian author Shukri Mabkhout wins 2015 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) statement issued by IPAF: The Italian by Shukri Mabkhout was tonight announced as the winner of...
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Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate - new book by Abdel Bari Atwan
review by Susannah Tarbush Islamic State: The Digital Caliphateby Abdel Bari AtwanSaqi Books, London. 256 pages. Hbk and eBookISBN: 978-0-86356-195-5eISBN: 978-0-86356-101-6 Nearly a year on from...
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BQFP announces the participation of 4 of its authors in Shubbak Festival
press release from Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP): CONTEMPORARY ARAB LITERATURE: HIGHLIGHTS AT SHUBBAK FESTIVALBloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP) is proud to be a sponsor of...
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'The Book of Khartoum' among latest awardees of PEN Translates grants
English PEN's translation scheme widens support for independent publishers The Book Of Khartoum: A City in Short Fiction - edited by Raphael Cormack and Max Shmookler and published by Manchester-based...
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Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) awarded Chatham House Prize 2015 for its Ebola...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has been awarded the Chatham House Prize 2015, the London-based Chatham House think tank (which incorporates the Royal Institute of International Affairs) announced...
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