Most used-book sellers are not participating, and instead will hold their own fair from 15 January to 15 February in Attaba  (more...)

James Barr, Lords of the Desert. Britain’s Struggle with America to dominate the Middle East, London: Simon & Schuster, 2018, pp401   (more...)

The novels selected by the judges were chosen from 134 entries, all published in Arabic between July 2017 and June 2018  (more...)

The highlights of this year include a collection of unpublished Naguib Mahfouz stories, the memoirs of a famous writer, and an academic book about the beginnings of the modern state  (more...)

There are awards for novels, short stories, scenarios, playwrights, and literary criticism, with each field divided into two sections: emerging and established writers   (more...)