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interview with May Hawas editor of The Diaries of Waguih Ghali: An Egyptian...
May HawasSusannah Tarbush interviews Egyptian scholar and writer May Hawas, editor of The Diaries of Waguih Ghali: An Egyptian Writer in the Swinging Sixties published by American University in Cairo...
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50 years on from Waguih Ghali's suicide his taboo-busting diaries make debut...
The diaries of Egyptian writer Waguih Ghali are published half a century after his suicide bySusannah Tarbush, London[an Arabic translation of this article was published in Al-Hayat newspaper on 8...
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Writers' voices from the "banned" Muslim nations cross the Atlantic in...
In January the UK publisher Comma Press published a unique and timely anthology of new short stories, by writers from the seven Muslim-majority countries named in US President Donald Trump’s Muslim...
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Q&A with Rana Haddad author of 'The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor'
Q&A with Syrian-British writer Rana Haddad, whose debut novel The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor was recently published by Hoopoe, an imprint of the American University in Cairo (AUC)...
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review of Rana Haddad's novel 'The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor'
English version of article published in Arabic in Al-Hayat newspaper on 12 July 2018.Rana Haddad tells a Syrian love story in EnglishThe Syrian-British writer and journalist Rana Haddad has worked...
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Karl Sharro tweets and maps his unique brand of Middle Eastern satire in...
The Lebanese-British satirist and architect Karl Sharro’s debut book And Then God Created the Middle East and said ‘Let There be Breaking News', published recently in London by Saqi Books, defies...
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Saqi Books announces that Sudanese writer Leila Aboulela wins Saltire Award
press release from Saqi BooksElsewhere, Home by Leila Aboulela winsSaltire Society Fiction Book of the Year AwardWe are absolutely thrilled to share the news that Leila Aboulela has won the Saltire...
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Saqi to publish Raphael Cormack's book on women who created Egypt’s modern...
Saqi to publish story of Cairo’s female cultural trailblazers in the early twentieth centurySaqi Books has announced that it has acquired the world rights to Martyrs of Passion: The Women Who Created...
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PEN Translates award goes to 'Palestine +100' among tittles from 15 countries
The latest batch of Pen Translates awards includes one book - with multiple authors and translators - to be translated from Arabic: Palestine +100 due to be published by Manchester-based Comma Press in...
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New book brings the works of Palestinian artist Nabil Anani to a wider audience
Stunning collection of images and words celebrates a Palestinian master of composition, colour and symbolism by Susannah Tarbush, London(an Arabic version of this article appeared in Al-Hayat newspaper...
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International Prize for Arabic Fiction holds emerging writers' workshop in...
group photo from the IPAF Nadwa 2019 IPAF hosts 10th UAE Nadwa Writers’ workshop is held in Sharjah, the World Book Capital for 2019, led by acclaimed Arab writers Iman Humaydan and Muhsin al-Ramli...
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Palestinian singer Reem's Kelani's EP 'Why Do I Love Her?' released to...
Reem Kelani's EP: Why Do I Love Her?Palestinian singer and musician Reem Kelani’s digital EP Why Do I Love Her?saw its commercial release on 1 February 2019. It comprises four tracks:- "Last Night, O...
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An Evening with Luke Leafgren and Muhsin Al-Ramli at Waterstones Piccadilly
Join prizewinning translator Luke Leafgren and Iraqi novelist Muhsin Al-Ramli at Waterstones, Piccadilly on 14th February for a Banipal Trust event An Evening with Luke Leafgren and Muhsin...
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Leila Aboulela's 'Elsewhere, Home' showcases the work of an exceptional short...
Elsewhere, Home by Leila Aboulela published by Telegram, an imprint of Saqi Books, LondonISBN: 978-1846592119eISBN: 978 -1846592126pbk, 224pp, £8.99Kindle £5.99 / $7.97review by Susannah Tarbush,...
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Man Booker International Prize 2019 longlist features two titles translated...
Man Booker International Prize 13-book longlist announced Includes two titles translated from Arabic.The Man Booker International Prize is awarded annually for a single book of fiction - novel or...
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'A New Divan - a lyrical dialogue between East and West' to be launched at...
PRESS RELEASEBritish Library, 96 Euston Road, St Pancras, London NW1 2DB, 23 May, 7pm‘The Poet and Suleika: a West-Eastern Dialogue in Poetry and Music’with Nujoom Alghanem, Paul Farley and Don...
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Obituary of Libyan fiction writer, playwright and journalist Ahmed Fagih
Remembering Libyan writer Ahmed Fagih: b. 28 December 1942 d.28 April 2019 by Susannah Tarbush LondonThe death of the Libyan writer Ahmed Fagih in a Cairo hospital at the age of 76 has deprived the...
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Two Arabic titles among recipients of latest batch of English PEN's...
English PEN announces PEN Translates award-winning titlesThe awards go to books from sixteen countries, in eleven languages including Arabic. Books from sixteen countries and eleven languages make up...
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first-ever anthology of Palestinian science fiction to be launched at British...
Tomorrow evening at 19.00 the British Library in London is to host an event that should warm the hearts of lovers of Palestine literature and of science fiction alike – ‘Palestine 2048: Science Fiction...
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interview with the Lebanese-British poet Omar Sabbagh
Interview with the Lebanese-British poet, author, critic and academic Omar Sabbagh to mark the publication - by Wales-based publisher Cinnamon Press - of his fifth poetry collection But It was an...
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