Katharine Halls is an award-winning translator who brings Arabic books to English audiences. Her work on Ahmed Naji’s prison memoir Rotten Evidence…

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The funeral of Hezbollah’s former Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah (along with his designated successor Hashem Safieddine) in Beirut’s southern…

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The year 2025 promises to be dangerous for the West Bank, where the aftermath of Israel's war on Gaza forced a weakened Palestinian Authority out of…

Everyone interested in Arabic literature, poetry, and prose must familiarise themselves with the history of the Arabian Peninsula, its events,…