Marwan Hamed: Bringing Arabic Literature to the Big Screen publishingperspectives.com/2024/04/marwan…

Before the Queen Falls Asleep — love in a traumatised world ft.com/content/ebdca7… via @ft

This August, we're proud to reissue Mourid Barghouti's beautiful memoir I SAW RAMALLAH 🇵🇸 (tr. Ahdaf Soueif, foreword by Edward Said), recounting the Palestinian poet's return to Ramallah after thirty years in exile

Read Your Way Through Accra with ⁦Peace Medie⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/17/boo…

Two new graphic novels about oppression in Iran and Cuba illustrate the world's tilt into authoritarianism, writes Melissa Chan for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/review/against…

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What Christiane Amanpour—and the Rest of Us—Can Learn From Palestinian Journalists in Gaza lithub.com/what-christian… via Literary Hub

Vacancy for PhD candidate in the cultures of Palestine solidarity in Europe vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht…

'Awoor’s studio in Gaza City was in a building destroyed by bombs and razed to the ground...She was told the explosion sent up a cloud of colored dust, glitter and paint” Bologna 2024: War Leaves a Mark publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/ch… via @publisherswkly Silvia Vassena Edward Nawotka

#Sudan : A Mouth Full of Salt is the debut novel of Sudanese writer Reem Gaafar. As an insider-outsider, Gaafar is a keen observer of society and her book is a clear statement against intolerance. Report by olivia snaije
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Nearly one year from the beginning of Sudan’s devastating and chaotic war this captivating debut novel examines racism and intolerance in a village on the Nile. Reem Gaafar spoke to me about it here: theafricareport.com/342282/history… The Africa Report Saqi Books

After six months of war in Gaza, Arwa Damon was finally allowed in, to find a war being waged mainly against children. This is her dispatch for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/gaza…

Albertus Magnus would have been appalled: a really good interview with US philosopher Nancy Fraser, thank you Hanno Hauenstein jacobin.com/2024/04/nancy-…

Congratulations to all the Whiting Foundation winners and Gothataone Moeng 👏📚 theafricareport.com/311193/gothata…

Read an excerpt from the forthcoming luminous memoir by Nasser Abu Srour, translated by Luke Leafgren: asymptotejournal.com/blog/2024/04/1… Other Press

“For much of the sixties, Kampala was at the centre of literature in Africa” : republic.com.ng/april-may-2024…

Culture: la bibliothèque de l'ex-président sénégalais Léopold Sédar Senghor en vente rfi.fr/fr/afrique/202…

Prestigious Award for Zanzibari Novel Comes Amidst Mounting Criticism of PEN America brittlepaper.com/2024/04/presti…

China was late to children’s books, and while the market has recently exploded, lessons on how to be an ideal citizen predominate, writes @jfsteinfeld in New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/chin…