In conversation with Kawthar Al-Jahmi:
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Liblib Publishing Wins Beyond Literature Borders Grant
Liblib's project, called "It’s Our Art Too! -- Rehla" will happen between London and Cairo, in cooperation with the built environment collective Megawra....
https://arablit.org/2026/06/11/liblib-publishing-wins-beyond-literature-borders-grant/
‘The Desert Also Keened’
Ibrahim al-Koni's "The Desert Also Keened" was the winner of the 2023 ArabLit Story Prize in Dima El Mouallem's translation. ...
https://arablit.org/2026/06/09/the-desert-also-keened/
‘He Dies for As Long As Possible’
This short piece appeared, in a slightly different form, in the SONG issue of ArabLit Quarterly in the Spring of 2021....
https://arablit.org/2026/06/10/he-dies-for-as-long-as-possible/
"What motivated me was the idea of transmission: making Mohammed Dib accessible in a living, popular language, outside literary Arabic."
www.institutfrancais.com/en/magazine/...
"Applications are open for a programme to support early-career scholars working in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria or Iraq to publish an academic article in an international journal in the discipline of translation studies. "
www.monabaker.org/2026/05/13/c...
From Najwa Bin Shatwan’s ‘Tree of Soap’
Libyan writer Najwa Binshatwan’s latest novel, شجرة الصابون (Tree of Soap, Dar Arab 2026) unfolds with her signature sarcastic-surrealism. In this world, the State encourages citizens to…
https://arablit.org/2026/06/04/from-najwa-binshatwans-tree-of-soap/
From Charles Akl’s ‘Red Like Orange’
"Before singer-songwriter Yousra Hawwari, who made great use of the accordion, it was nobody’s favorite instrument despite being widely used. Perhaps it earned a kind of universal dislike precisely because it was overused in Egyptian songs from the 1990s,…
Kawthar Al-Jahmi’s Journey: From ‘Bint Tripoli’ to Award-winning Novelist
Today, Kawthar al-Jahmi talks about her writing and reading journeys, the role of literary prizes, submitting her novel…
https://arablit.org/2026/06/08/kawthar-al-jahmis-journey-from-bint-tripoli-to-award-winning-novelist/
This short piece appeared, in a slightly different form, in the SONG issue of ArabLit Quarterly in the Spring of 2021.
Liblib's project, called "It’s Our Art Too! -- Rehla" will happen between London and Cairo, in cooperation with the built environment collective Megawra.
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Andalusian music performer Lila Borsali and actress Mouna Soualem lend their voices to the work of Algerian writer Mohammed Dib, through an adaptation of 7 tales into podcasts. In this interview, they...
Applications are open for a programme to support early-career scholars working in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria or Iraq to publish an academic article...
Libyan writer Najwa Binshatwan’s latest novel, شجرة الصابون (Tree of Soap, Dar Arab 2026) unfolds with her signature sarcastic-surrealism. In this world, the State encourages citizens to express themselves, ensures their participation, and provides them everything necessary to practice democracy. Nothing is forced, exactly; it’s just that absence is unwelcome and silence requires explanation.
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"Before singer-songwriter Yousra Hawwari, who made great use of the accordion, it was nobody’s favorite instrument despite being widely used. Perhaps it earned a kind of universal dislike precisely because it was overused in Egyptian songs from the 1990s, songs from other Arab countries that imitated Egyptian songs, and Turkish songs that either plagiarized Egyptian ones or vice versa."
Today, Kawthar al-Jahmi talks about her writing and reading journeys, the role of literary prizes, submitting her novel to the publisher a day before giving birth, and developing a writing practice while working and raising children.
