Arabic, France’s second-most spoken language, was featured at this year’s Avignon Festival, but is Arabic still the outsider's...
15 AUGUST 2025 • By Georgina Van Welie
Gaza's senior poet Nasser Rabah presents two poems from his first collected works in English, new from City...
4 JULY 2025 • By Nasser Rabah
A major name in Arabic poetry, Jawdat Fakhreddine establishes a revolutionary dialogue between international, modernist values and the...
20 MAY 2025 • By Jawdat Fakhreddine
This anthology, while celebrating last year's best literary translations, aims to highlight writing from and about a world...
9 MAY 2025 • By Lara Vergnaud
Shamieh's novel "Too Soon" invites the audience to reflect on their relationships with home and the multifaceted nature...
2 MAY 2025 • By Betty Shamieh
Science fiction and dystopias figure prominently in Arab literature going back more than 100 years, writes Elizabeth Rauh.
6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Elizabeth L. Rauh
Artist Manal Mahamid shares the evolution of her exhibition, The Palestinian Gazelle, reflecting on the paradox of colonialism.
1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Manal Mahamid
Rana Haddad interviews hybrid hopscotching writer Michael Vatikiotis on his colorful life and work spanning continents.
18 OCTOBER 2024 • By Rana Haddad
Celebrating the 19th Rencontre des Arts du Monde Arabe, Festival Arabesques will be held from September 10 to...
30 AUGUST 2024 • By Laëtitia Soula
While studying abroad in Alexandria, Bel Parker becomes a butcher's apprentice to immerse herself in the local language...
5 JULY 2024 • By Bel Parker
As this writer from Khuzestan remembers, the long Iran-Iraq war left many traces, names and ghosts in its...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Maryam Haidari
A children’s book publisher in the Middle East makes the case for teaching children to read in their...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Nada Sabet
