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NOURA AL NOMAN, ARABLIT.COM: There is a serious lack of Arabic literature for young adults. What we need is an Arabic 'Harry Potter'. Easier said than done. …
THE MOOR NEXT DOOR: Elia Abu Madi was a very well-respected Syro-Lebanese poet in the early twentieth century. …
M. LYNX-QUALEY: So what was on the Ramadan reading list of the great Naguib Mahfouz? A little of what you would expect and a few surprises. …
M. LYNX-QUALEY: While conducting some 'centenary research' I came across the lecture Mahfouz delivered when accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature. …
M. LYNX-QUALEY: Son of an acclaimed literary family, Tamim al-Barghouti's 'weird accent and non-Egyptian features' seem to be a problem for some in Egypt...…
M. LYNX-QUALEY: It's one of those lists again. You know it's designed to gain a reaction and you can't help yourself so here I go with my reaction to books on Iraq. …
M. LYNX-QUALEY: Following a relatively brief lull in censorship activity in Tunisia and Egypt it appears they're back in business again. …
SUSIE OF ARABIA: A young, Saudi woman who, as a child, witnessed another woman displaying a freedom of spirit has written a poem in celebration of the inspirational character. …
M. LYNX-QUALEY: Is Naguib Mahfouz the 'Arabic Balzac', the 'Arabic Zola' or the 'Arabic Thomas Mann'? Who cares? He wrote novels in a tradition that grew separately from European and American authors. …