Malu Halasa finds unexpected tastes, pleasures and upsets at the 2023 London Book Fair.
1 MAY 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Saudi American novelist Eman Quotah reminisces on a university peace studies class that traveled to Israel/Palestine.
15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Eman Quotah
An attack on one writer anywhere is an attack on freedom of expression everywhere.
15 AUGUST 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
180,000 electronic music aficionados attended the SOUNDSTORM festival in Riyadh this month, but as columnist Melissa Chemam writes,...
20 DECEMBER 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is home to a major new arts and cultural center, opening to the public on...
22 NOVEMBER 2021 • By
When friends in Abu Dhabi asked Deborah Williams how she could support MBS by going to “his” festival,...
22 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Deborah Williams
What happens when an immigrant professor dresses to impress in a bid to land tenure at a Saudi...
22 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Claire Berlinski
Yemen street artist, activist and mother Haifa Subay speaks to Farah Abdessamad about the state of the country...
14 MAY 2021 • By Danielle Haque
International aid worker and writer Farah Abdessamad has been traveling to Yemen for work since 2014. This is...
7 MARCH 2021 • By Farah Abdessamad
In which Egyptian-Syrian-French journalist and novelist Robert Solé considers the Arab awakenings across the region.
14 FEBRUARY 2021 • By Mischa Geracoulis
In this debut novel Eman Quotah practically delivers an epic as she writes about a Saudi family, torn...
14 DECEMBER 2020 • By Faraj Bayrakdar
New literature translated from abroad is a cause for celebration.
22 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By
