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10 must-read books by Palestinian authors you need to know

Book Club: Palestinian authors highlight resilience, memory, and identity, while amplifying silenced voices and bearing witness to decades of Israeli violence

Yousra Samir Imran
17 September, 2025
Mosab Abu Taha was seen photographed with Martin Scorsese, at a dinner to celebrate the writers' Pulitzer Prize win [Screengrab/Instagram]
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Scorsese celebrates Gaza poet Mosab Abu Toha's Pulitzer win

The New Arab Staff
13 May, 2025
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Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha wins Pulitzer for Gaza essays

The New Arab Staff
06 May, 2025
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Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel giant and Israel critic dies aged 89

The New Arab Staff
14 April, 2025
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Mohammed El-Kurd speaks to TNA about his new book 'Perfect Victims'

26 February, 2025
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The best books of 2024: Top 10 picks for the year

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

31 December, 2024
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Palestine
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The battle of identity & truth in No One Knows Their Blood Type

The New Arab Staff

Marcia Lynx Qualey

16 October, 2024
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Algeria
Society
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Molière to Shakespeare: Algerian readership shift

The New Arab Staff

Tenere Majhoul

11 June, 2024
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Offbeat
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Miriam Margolyes says Charles Dickens would be 'pro-Palestine'

The New Arab Staff
11 June, 2024
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More writers withdraw from PEN America literary awards

The New Arab Staff
20 April, 2024
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Ahed Tamimi among winners at Palestine Book Awards

The New Arab Staff
24 January, 2024
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Khalil Gibran's hometown celebrates 'The Prophet' centennial

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 November, 2023
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Worldmaking in action at Palestine Writes festival

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Randa Abdel-Fattah

05 October, 2023
Turkey
Perspectives

The making of my Palestine solidarity through poetry

Burak Elmali

Burak Elmali

28 September, 2023
Abdul Rahman Munif Doodle
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Google Doodle celebrates Saudi novelist Abdul Rahman Munif

The New Arab Staff
30 May, 2023
11 books to buy toddlers and children for Eid this year
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The best children's books for Eid this year

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Sarah Shaffi

19 April, 2023
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South Asians
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10 empowering reads from South Asian women

The New Arab Staff

Rabeea Saleem

08 March, 2023
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Australia
Voices

Adelaide Fest: Susan Abulhawa & Mohammed El-Kurd must speak

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Randa Abdel-Fattah

21 February, 2023
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French author Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 October, 2022
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MENA
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Alaa Aswany slammed for 'interview with Israeli army radio'

Thaer Mansour
27 May, 2022
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MENA
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Libyan author Mohamed Alnaas wins top Arabic fiction prize

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 May, 2022