1. Yahia Lababidi
(Articles/Author)

... to the World's Great Aphorists, and the youngest poet included in the best-selling US college textbook, Literature: an Introduction to Reading and Writing (10th edition).   Lababidi's b...

2. Naji Oueijan
(Articles/Author)

...ary education at Good Shepherd Secondary School, Achrafieh. He recieved his BA and Ma in English Language and Literature from the Lebanese University in 1977 and 1979. He recieved his PhD degree in En...

3. Abdellah Taïa
(Articles/Author)

...iographical writer published in Morocco. He has lived in Paris for the last eight years after studying French literature at the University of Rabat. His short stories and...

4. Salvation Army
(Articles/Book)

Synopsis: A major addition to the new French literature emerging from the North African Arabic diaspora. Salvation Army is a coming-of-age nov

5. Abdelwahab Meddeb
(Articles/Author)

...raphy: Born in Tunisia in 1946, Abdelwahab Meddeb moved to Paris as a student, where he studied literature and art history. Poet, novelist, essayist, and translator, he has a deep unders...

6. informal biography
(Articles/Author)

...ols were not permitted in the country any more. Later, she attended the University of Latakia’s foreign literature program and graduated in 1984 with a degree in French literature.   I...

7. Sahar el-Mougy
(Articles/Author)

... Sayida Fy El Manam Daria Elahy Saghira Noon El Mougy is a lecturer of English Literature at Cairo University. She is also a presenter on Radio Cairo, where she has a sh...

8. Walid SOLIMAN
(Articles/Author)

...ia. Walid Soliman is considered as one of the most innovative and original figures in contemporary Tunisian literature. Thanks to his perfect mastery of several languages and his deep knowledge of t...

9. Nasr Jamil Shaath
(Articles/Author)

...ldquo;Poetry, the Self and Deconstruction”. His critical studies and articles on Palestinian and Arabic literature are forthcoming in two books. He is also an active member and contributor in th...

10. Nazik al-Malaika
(Articles/Author)

... also a poet and a father who was a teacher, al-Malaika, the oldest among seven siblings, discovered love for literature early in life, writing her first poem at the age of 10. ...

11. Morning and Evening Talk
(Articles/Book)

Synopsis: A late work by the Egyptian Nobel literature laureate, Morning and Evening Talk is an epic tale of Egyptian life over five generatio

12. Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales
(Articles/Book)

...ach to Palestinian studies. But it is much more than this. By combining their respective expertise in English literature and anthropology, Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana bring to these tales an int...

13. Atef Abu Seif
(Articles/Author)

.... Video: The following interview was recorded for and presented at the Manchester Literature Festival October 2009 with the support of Literature Across Frontiers: ...

14. Contemporary Iraqi Fiction: An Anthology
(Articles/Book)

...ides biographical sketches of the writers and an enlightening introduction chronicling the evolution of Iraqi literature. Listen to podcasts of interviews with editor Shak...

15. Youssef Abd al-Aziz
(Articles/Author)

Biography: Youssef Abd al-Aziz was born in Beit Inan near Jerusalem in 1956, and graduated from the Arab University of Beirut in 1986. Abd-al-

16. Ahmad Dahbour
(Articles/Author)

Biography: Ahmad Dahbour was born in 1946 in Haifa and since 1948 has lived in exile. In 1972 he became a political editor for the Palestinian

17. Izzidin al-Manasrah
(Articles/Author)

... Biography: Izzidin al-Manasrah was born in 1946 in Hebron. He has a PhD in Slavic literature from the Bulgarian Academy of Science. He was director of cultural programs for...

18. Seema Atalla
(Articles/Author)

...n Southern California where she teaches at Mt. San Antonio College. In 1992 she obtained an MA in Comparative Literature from UCLA. She is an accomplished poet and translator. Her translations have ap...

19. Samer Abu Hawwash
(Articles/Author)

Biography: Samer Abu Hawwash was born in Beirut in 1972 to a family of Palestinian refugees. Since 1991 he has published poetry and articles i

20. Abd al-Aziz al-Maqalih
(Articles/Author)

...er, al-Quds al-Arabi and a number of other Arabic-language newspapers, and has edited several books on Yemeni literature in his role as president of the Yemeni Centre for Studies and Research. He has ...

21. Colette Khoury
(Articles/Author)

... Prime Minister Faris al-Khoury. Khoury graduated from Damascus University with a bachelor's degree in French literature and she received a diploma from the school of literature in Beirut. ...

22. The Proof of the Honey
(Articles/Book)

... A Syrian scholar working in Paris is invited to contribute to a conference on the subject of classic erotic literature in Arabic. The invitation provides occasion for her to evoke memories from her ...

23. Sonallah Ibrahim
(Articles/Author)

... several years in one of Nasser's political prisons, paved the way for the emergence of a new style of Arabic literature which relies less on wordiness and more on emotions and feelings. Because of it...

24. Abderrahman El Fathi
(Articles/Author)

... Biography: Abderrahman El Fathi (Tetuán, 1964) is a professor of Spanish literature at the University of Abdelmalek Essaâdi in Tetuán. He is the autho...

25. Thou Shalt Not Speak My Language
(Articles/Book)

...examine contemporary notions of translation, bilingualism, postcoloniality, and the discipline of comparative literature. Waïl S. Hassan’s superb translation makes Thou Shalt Not Speak My L...

26. Gamal Al Ghitani
(Articles/Author)

...o;Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. He is chief editor of the Egyptian literary weekly Akhbar al-Adab [Literature News Newspaper], a position which he has held since 1993. Al-Ghitany publishes ...

27. Silsal
(Articles/Book)

...is: With Clay Samar Yazbek tackles, in a poetic style, a subject previously forbidden in Syrian literature: contemporary history. She reveals the mechanisms of the current regime and tra...

28. Samar Yazbek
(Articles/Author)

...iography: Samar Yazbek was born in 1970 in Jablé, Syria. She has a degree in Arabic Literature and is currently a cinema and television critic. She has published two novels a...

29. The American Granddaughter
(Articles/Book)

...country which, having battled to emerge from dictatorship, then finds itself under foreign occupation. (World Literature Forum) Review: Please enter your review of the book...

30. Gladys Matar
(Articles/Author)

... Gladys Matar Gladys Matar was born in Lattakia in 1962. She graduated in 1984 in French literature from Tishreen University, Lattakia. She has four c...