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'Sicily: Culture and Conquest' at British Museum explores 4000 yrs of...
The Sicily: Culture and Conquest exhibition, which opened yesterday at the British Museum and runs until 14 August, is the first major exhibition in the UK to explore more than 4000 years of history of...
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Rabai al-Madhoun's novel 'Destinies: Concerto of the Holocaust and the Nakba'...
Palestinian author Rabai al-Madhoun wins IPAF 2016Rabai al-Madhoun receives the IPAF award from Mohammed Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman of TCA Abu Dhabi Palestinian novelist and journalist Rabai...
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Banipal 55 helps propel Sudanese literature onto international stage
Sudanese literature is in general less known internationally than the literatures of certain other Arab countries. But since the beginning of the 21st century Sudanese literature has been increasingly...
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chair of judges reveals the five Caine Prize finalists
Seventeenth Caine Prize shortlist announcedThe five-writer shortlist for the £10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing 2016 was today announced by the chair of this year's judges, writer and academic...
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The Book of Khartoum: ten short stories offer a dynamic tour of Sudan's capital
"The stories in this collection pick up where Season of Migration leaves off," write Raph Cormack and Max Shmookler in their introduction to The Book of Khartoum: A City in Short Fiction which they...
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International relations expert Dr Rod Abouharb: 'I am very much in the Remain...
Dr Rod AbouharbDr Rod Abouharb is Associate Professor in International Relations and Director of the International Public Policy Program at University College London. He featured on this blog last...
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nineteen titles submitted for 2016 Saif Ghobash Banipal Arabic translation...
The number of entries for the £3,000 2016 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, now in its 11th year, is 19 works translated by 18 translators, comprising 17 works of fiction and...
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Writers retreat to Abu Dhabi resort for IPAF workshop
IPAF hosts eighth nadwa at Abu Dhabi desert retreat of Qasr Al Sarab mentors and participants in the nadwa A group of six emerging Arab authors - four women and two men - is currently gathered at the...
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how does Brexit stand, and what is 2017 outlook? - George Magnus & Jon...
On BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning presenter Sarah Montague heard some sobering end-of-year views on Brexit, the markets and the outlook for 2017 from economic consultant and commentator...
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Libyan writer Ahmed Fagih's new book 'Lady Hayatt's Husbands and other erotic...
Readers familiar with Libyan writer Ahmed Fagih’s works in English translation may be surprised by his latest book: a collection of erotica entitled Lady Hayatt’s Husbands and other erotic tales. The...
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Roger Hardy's book 'The Poisoned Well: Empire and its Legacy in the Middle East'
[an Arabic version of this article was published in Al-Hayat on 12 January 2017 http://www.alhayat.com/Articles/19558510/]How Western imperialism in the Middle East left a “poisonous well” bySusannah...
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four Iraqi novelists and only two women on IPAF 2017 longlist
Longlist and judges of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction announcedThe International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) today revealed the longlist of 16 novels in contention for the 2017 Prize -...
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'Calligraphies of Love' marries Hassan Massoudy's art to inspirational quotes
If you pass by Al Saqi bookshop in London's Westbourne Grove and glance at its windows your attention is likely to be arrested by a large display in which the word Love appears repeatedly. Get closer...
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Omar Sabbagh's new collection 'To the Middle of Love'
Omar Sabbagh's fourth collection: a reflection of different kinds of lovebySusannah Tarbush, London Since his first poetry collection My Only Ever Oedipal Complaint was published by Welsh publisher...
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Omar Saif Ghobash's eloquent 'Letters to a Young Muslim'
UAE Ambassaor to Russia Omar Saif Ghobash addresses 'Letters to a Young Muslim' to his son Saif by Susannah Tarbush, London[an Arabic version of this article appeared in Al-Hayat newspaper on 20 March...
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"Weapons of Mass Hilarity - Part II" brings together comedians of MENA origin
WEAPONS OF MASS HILARITY- PART II ... The Road Map to comedy...Hosted by LSESU Middle East Society: Students at LSE dedicated to raising awareness about human rights issues in the Middle East and North...
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'Brexodus! The Musical' opens at The Other Palace
Donald Trump (James Sanderson) waltzes with Theresa May (Airlie Scott) James Sanderson as Boris Johnson Brexiteers vs Remainers in the final song: Heseltine (Paul Croft) and Mandelson (Scott Jones):...
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Two books by Israeli dissident academic Ilan Pappe mark 50th anniversary of...
Ilan Pappe′s latest publications Israel′s mega-prisonThe dissident Israeli historian and activist Ilan Pappe is known for his challenging and meticulously researched books on the Israeli-Palestine...
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Arab authors at Suhbbak Festival probe Writing Against the Grain
L to R: Robin Yassin-Kassab; Mona Kareem; Ali Bader, Ghazi Gheblawi'Writing Against the Grain' was the title of the opening session of the Shubbak Festival weekend min-festival at The British Library....
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