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Australia
World
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Authors boycott Adelaide Festival after Palestinian writer axed

Some prominent literary names have joined the boycott, including award-winning novelist Michelle de Kretser, poet Evelyn Araluen, and journalist Chloe Hooper.

The New Arab Staff
11 January, 2026
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2025 retrospective
Book Club
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From witness to resistance: The books that marked 2025

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

24 December, 2025
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Book Club
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Jonas Hassen Khemiri's The Sisters: Family secrets, loss & home

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Yousra Samir Imran

05 November, 2025
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Iraq
MENA
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Activists fight to preserve Agatha Christie's home in Iraq

The New Arab Staff
04 August, 2025
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Algeria
MENA
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Algeria court upholds Sansal jail term, France hopes for pardon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 July, 2025
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Gaza War
MENA
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CBS execs say Ta-Nehisi Coates interview broke standards

The New Arab Staff
09 October, 2024
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Gaza War
World
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Coates defends pro-Palestine views in 'hostile' CBS interview

The New Arab Staff
03 October, 2024
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Palestinian
Book Club
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The Coin: Unintentionally shaking Palestinian women stereotypes

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Isabella Silvers

04 September, 2024
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World
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Pro-Palestine Pulitzer winner's talk cancelled by Jewish org

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 October, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Egyptians told to eat chicken feet, echoing dystopian novel

Thaer Mansour
28 December, 2022
Salman Rushdie
World
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Iran 'categorically' denies link with Rushdie attacker

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 August, 2022
Salman Rushdie
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MENA
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Explainer: Why was Salman Rushdie attacked?

The New Arab Staff
13 August, 2022
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The New Arab meets
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A.M. Dassu: The Muslim children's author fighting for representation

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Narjas Zatat

10 April, 2020
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Turkey
MENA
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Turkish author in exile fears for her life

The New Arab & agencies
17 February, 2020
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Palestine
MENA
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Author Kamila Shamsie stripped of award over BDS support

The New Arab
19 September, 2019
Jokha Alharthi
Oman
MENA
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Omani becomes first Arab winner of Man Booker prize

The New Arab & agencies
22 May, 2019
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The New Arab meets
Analysis
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Palestinian-Jordanian author Ibrahim Nasrallah on life and literature

Raya al-Jadir
30 November, 2018
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MENA
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Eminent writer resigns from Saudi newspaper over Khashoggi affair

Florence Dixon
23 October, 2018