Ibn Rushd Prize Honours Lebanese and Iraqi Advocates of Religious Freedom
Lebanon’s Nayla Tabbara and Iraq’s Saad Salloum, along with their respective organisations, will receive the 2022 Ibn Rushd Prize for their advocacy of religious freedom.
Children’s Literature Deserves Serious Study, Says Scholar Yasmine Motawy
Yasmine Motawy was recently honoured by the American University in Cairo for her studies of children’s literature and its impact on society.
‘The Last Resort’: Documentary Tells the Story of European Refugees in Egypt
A documentary film recounts the little-known story of El Shatt, a refugee camp near Suez that sheltered thousands of Europeans during World War II.
Palestinian Libraries in Jerusalem Preserve Heritage by Digitising Manuscripts
Three Palestinian libraries in East Jerusalem are involved in a project to index and restore documents that tell the stories of families living there more than a century ago.
France Makes Yemeni Writer Ali Al-Muqri a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters
Now living in Paris, the novelist and poet says he hopes the cultural honour will focus more attention on the neglected realm of Arabic literature in translation.
‘Blind Sinbad’: Bothayna Al-Essa Explores a Changing Kuwait, from War to Pandemic
The Kuwaiti novelist Bothayna Al-Essa’s “Blind Sinbad: Atlas of the Sea and War” traverses 30 years of change in Kuwait, comparing the faces of war and pandemic.
The Audiocasette’s Arrival in Egypt in the 1970s Unleashed Class Tensions
A new book by American academic Andrew Simon documents the explosive effect of the arrival of the audiocassette on Egyptian society in the 1970s and ’80s.
Authors of New Biographies of Famous Egyptians Take Their Craft Seriously
The authors of new biographies of the actress Madiha Kamel and the writer Yusuf Idris discuss how they chose their subjects, and the research that went into writing about them.
Algiers International Book Fair Returns, with a Vaccine Requirement
Algerian publishers are happy with the return of the Algiers International Book Fair, but some criticize a decision requiring visitors to show proof of Covid 19 vaccinations.
Arab Scholarships and Grants in Creative Writing and the Arts
If you are passionate about culture and art, you can win scholarships most notably in creative writing and arts.
