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Kuang is one of the biggest names to comply with the call to boycott the UAE
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RF Kuang drops out of UAE lit fest amid BDS Sudan boycott call

Rebecca F. Kuang withdraws from the UAE lit festival after BDS urged a boycott over alleged UAE involvement in mass atrocities in Sudan.

The New Arab Staff
03 December, 2025
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10 must-read books by Palestinian authors you need to know

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Yousra Samir Imran

17 September, 2025
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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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Libyan author Mohamed Alnaas wins top Arabic fiction prize

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 May, 2022
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poetry
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Remembering Palestinian poet and author, Mourid Barghouti

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Yousra Samir Imran

26 February, 2021
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MENA
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Beloved Palestinian poet Mourid al-Barghouti dies at 76

The New Arab Staff
15 February, 2021
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Society
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Hijab and Red Lipstick by Yousra Imran

Diana Alghoul

Diana Alghoul

22 December, 2020
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Society
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The best books by Arab authors in 2020

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Elias Jahshan

22 December, 2020
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The future is bright for the Arabic audiobooks industry

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Natasha Tynes

18 December, 2020
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women's rights
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Turkish writer accused of sexual harassment dies by suicide

The New Arab Staff
12 December, 2020
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UAE
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Arab authors call for boycott of Emirati book prize

The New Arab Staff
22 November, 2020
In-depth Marwa
translation
Analysis
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Between the lines: Egypt's censorship crackdown targets book translations

Horriya Marzouk
26 August, 2020
Society - Ramona Wadi
women
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Palestinian novelist Huzama Habayeb on literature, memory and displacement

Ramona Wadi

Ramona Wadi

05 August, 2020
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refugees
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Preserving the memory of the Nakba in Palestinian literature

Ramona Wadi

Ramona Wadi

15 May, 2020
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Palestine
Society
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Five books on Palestine to read during Covid-19 lockdown

Diana Alghoul

Diana Alghoul

29 April, 2020
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UAE
MENA
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Literature festival in UAE criticised by human rights groups

The New Arab
25 February, 2020
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Turkey
MENA
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Turkish translation of Paulo Coelho 'deleted mention of Kurdistan'

The New Arab
18 July, 2019
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literature
MENA
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Nobel laureate V S Naipaul dies at 85

The New Arab & agencies
12 August, 2018
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Perspectives

Breaking with tradition: Robert Irwin rethinks Ibn Khaldun

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Usman Butt

02 April, 2018