Maryam Al Saadi, the acclaimed Emirati short story writer and novelist, builds her literary world around the small, often unnoticed moments of life…

At the beginning of the year, Iraqi poet Dr Shawqi Abdul Amir was appointed director of the Paris-based Arab World Institute, capping a distinguished…

Acclaimed Saudi writer and poet Dr Fawziyya Abu Khalid is a unique figure in the Kingdom’s creative and cultural scene.A pioneer of the prose poem as…

Nabil Suleiman's journey as a writer includes 23 novels and a significant body of literary criticism.Writing since the late 1960s, he has received…

In the echoes of history in palace walls, mosques, weapon handles, luxurious textiles, and French fashion houses (or ‘Maison’), Cartier found an…

Since its establishment in 2017, Ithra has been on a mission to elevate local Saudi talents to an international standard. According to Majid Zuhair…

Bahrain’s Amin Saleh can be described as a very versatile creative. A story-writer, playwright, translator, critic, and screenwriter, he has…

Renowned Saudi poet and critic Mohammed Al Herz is famous for fearlessly channelling his emotions into writing.His critiques of the Saudi cultural…

Despite having published more than ten poetry collections, Saudi poet Ibrahim Zoli is still preoccupied with an existential question: "Do I write…

How long could you survive without oxygen? How about poetry? To Saudi poet Jassim Al-Souhaih, the two are interchangeable – both key life sources…