books

People visit Educational Bookshop bookstore, which was raided by Israeli forces on Feb. 9, in Jerusalem
Jerusalem Educational Bookshop
MENA
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Israeli police release Palestinian bookseller after second raid

Israeli Jerusalem-based NGO Ir Amim warned that the bookstore was 'becoming another site of suppression and silencing'.

Oliver Mizzi
11 March, 2025
Masoud-London
books
Video

"We've been speaking forever, but no one listens" – Ahmed Masoud

Reem Khabbazy
04 March, 2025
Mahmoud_Muna
books
Society
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Jerusalem's Educational Bookshop owners speak out after arrest

The New Arab Staff

Elias Feroz

24 February, 2025
Syrian_bookseller
Hafez al-Assad
Society
Live Story

With Assad gone, Syrian booksellers revive once-forbidden books

Mawada Bahah

Mawada Bahah

17 February, 2025
The owners of the bookshop have been released following the raid of the store and arrest of its owners [Getty]
Jerusalem
MENA
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Israel releases detained Palestinian booksellers after shop raid

The New Arab Staff
11 February, 2025
Cairo old town
Cairo
Society
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How one family is preserving Cairo's last bookbinding atelier

The New Arab Staff

Sara Amara

16 January, 2025
2024 book club
books
Book Club
Live Story

The best books of 2024: Top 10 picks for the year

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

31 December, 2024
Gaza
Gaza War
Perspectives

US publishers serve Israeli colonisation, they must cut ties

BAG

Books Against Genocide

19 November, 2024
From_The_River_To_The_Sea_book
South Africa
World
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South Africa book chain bans 'River to the Sea' children's book

Joseph Chirume
12 June, 2024
Algeria_leadership
Algeria
Society
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Molière to Shakespeare: Algerian readership shift

The New Arab Staff

Tenere Majhoul

11 June, 2024
Gaza War
MENA
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Edinburgh book festival ends partnerships over boycott

The New Arab Staff
31 May, 2024
Tunisia
World
Live Story

Tunisian sex ed flyers mentioning homosexuality removed from book fair

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 April, 2024
Palestine books for children
books
Book Club
Live Story

10 children's books on Palestine

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Yousra Samir Imran

07 March, 2024
Oman
MENA
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Oman's Zahran Alqasmi wins top Arabic fiction prize

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 May, 2023
Books
MENA
Culture
Live Story

Maqam Bookshop: The future of Arabic literature in London

The New Arab Staff

Aisha Kherallah and Tom Critchley

20 January, 2023
Al Saqi
Palestinian
World
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Bookseller launches campaign to build 'Maqam'

Rosie McCabe
11 January, 2023
Middle East
World
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Al Saqi Books: Renowned Mideast bookstore closing in UK

The New Arab Staff
06 December, 2022
Gaza
MENA
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Iconic Gaza bookshop reopens, months after Israeli bombing

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 February, 2022
An Iranian man browses books at a library in Tehran
Iran
MENA
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Novel crisis: Iran's books shrink as US sanctions bite

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 February, 2022
Mo Salah
Sports
Live Story

Mo Salah to be taught to Egypt's schoolchildren

The New Arab Staff
27 October, 2021
Mujdat Gezen leaving Anatolia's courthouse [GETTY]
writer
MENA
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Celebrated Turkish actor risks jail over Erdogan 'insult'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 February, 2021