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May
24
The tatto written in Burmese read: "A tattoo of the president is on my penis, my wife felt detestation when she married me."  (more...)

May
17
South Korean author Han Kang has won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction with "The Vegetarian," an unsettling novel in which a woman's decision to stop eating meat has devastating consequences  (more...)

May
17
A book about the first Protestant missions to the Muslim communities of the Middle East has won the prestigious Parkman Prize for history  (more...)

May
16
Darwyn Cooke was best known for his vibrantly imaginative work on DC superheroes and noir crime stories  (more...)

May
9
Naji was sentenced to two years in jail last February for 'violating public decency' and 'using erotic language' in his latest novel  (more...)

May
6
The second edition of Khalifa's novel was released from Dar El-Ain in Cairo and tells the story of a family making their way to bury their father in his village torn apart by a vicious war  (more...)


May
2
L’Institut français d’Egypte will host French author Bertrand Badie on Wednesday, 4 May at 5:00pm to discuss his latest book entitled We are No More Alone in This World  (more...)

Apr
27
Rabai al-Madhoun is Palestinian-born but now British citizen who lives and works in London as an editor for Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper  (more...)

Apr
26
Six shortlisted authors are competing to win the prestigious prize worth $50,000  (more...)