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News & Reports
‘Building Sharjah’: Book Documents the Rise of a Modern Gulf City
“Building Sharjah” traces the urbanization of the city through its architecture and explores related social and political contexts before and…
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May Ziade’s Writings on Women’s Education Are Republished
Book sheds new light on the life of one of the most important Arab women writers in the first half…
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Opinion
In ‘Embargo,’ a Modern-Day Scheherazade Dares to Speak About Harassment
Haitham Dabbour’s novel “Embargo” juxtaposes the traditional Scheherazade with a contemporary careerwoman who publicly accuses her boss of harassment.
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Alia Muhammad Baqer, Savior of Basra Library’s Books, Dies at 69
As Basra’s chief librarian, Alia Muhammed Baqer rescued 30,000 books and manuscripts from being lost as British forces occupied the…
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Art Book Series Explores What It Is to Be an Arab Artist
Exhibitions at Saudi Arabia’s Misk Art Institute mark the launching of a bilingual book series that seeks to make contemporary…
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Covid Restrictions Prove a Boost for a Small Cairo Book Market
The key to the market’s success is selling via social media, a method that is new to book vendors and…
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Al-Jahith’s Treasury, an Iconic Library in Downtown Amman, Is Reborn
The iconic Al-Jahith’s Treasury has witnessed a century of history and survived a series of tragedies, including a devasting fire…
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Opinion
Crime Fiction From the Maghreb: Not So Hidden After All
Who says the genre barely exists in the region? A little detective work turns up plenty of fictional bodies in…
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Opinion
10 Books, 10 Years Later: Literature After the ‘Arab Spring’
A sampling of how writers from the Middle East and North Africa responded to the chaos and frustrations of the…
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Palestinian Diaspora Literature Resurges from Obscurity
Publishers are showing new interest in creative poetry and fiction by young Palestinians whose works reflect the emotional and physical…
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