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A Tunisian's journey in Beirut gifts the Arab literary world an extraordinary neoclassical novel

In his recent novel "Waiting for the Predicate of Inna," Tunisian scholar Al Taher Labib employs an eloquent and neoclassical style of written Arabic that celebrates the art of storytelling

Mohamed abi Samra 18 August 2023

Nigerian Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka at the Turin International Book Fair.

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Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka: Europe has forgotten history lessons

The 88-year-old writer explores an imaginary Nigeria rife with corruption and conspiracy in his latest novel, but glimmers of hope still shine.

Youssouf Waqqas 02 July 2023

A review of a book about prejudice and the creation of the necessary conditions that lead to scapegoating through the eyes of authors.

Nicola Ferrarese

The scapegoat’s place in literature

A review of a book about prejudice and the creation of the necessary conditions that lead to scapegoating through the eyes of authors

Youssouf Waqqas 03 May 2023

Aerial view of the London Book Fair at Hammersmith's Olympia Exhibition Hall, on 18th April 2023, in London, England.

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Saudi Arabia steps up participation at London Book Fair

For the second year in a row, Arab participation in the London Book Fair has been extremely successful, highlighting the will to bridge the gap between Arab and foreign book publishers

Haitham Hussein 25 April 2023

Nose in a Book

It is said that London is too large for anyone to live in and that it really amounts to a collection of villages. One such village is Stamford Hill in the north of the city, a district almost…

Bryn Haworth 20 August 2022

Human Journey Characterized by Fantasy

Eric Blair, who is known by his pen name George Orwell, was eerily accurate in the predictions he made in his novel, dubbed “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” which was published in 1949. He gave free rein to…

Gamal Abd El-Maboud 19 December 2021

Poster of Iman Mersal’s book, “In the Trail of Enayat Al Zayat”.

On the Trail of Enayat Al Zayat

In her latest book, “On the Trail of Enayat Al Zayat,” writer Iman Mersal shares the details of a journey seldom told. The book follows the trail of a woman writer in the 1960s and eloquently shares…

Amira El-noshokaty 29 May 2021

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