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International Prize for Arabic Fiction
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The 2026 Arabic Booker longlist explained

December's announcement of the 2026 Arabic Booker longlist shows how Arabic fiction is moving inward, privileging memory, doubt and inner worlds

Al-Araby al-Jadeed
24 December, 2025
Rushdie
Salman Rushdie
World
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Salman Rushdie speaks of difficulty writing post-stabbing

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

Thaer Mansour
28 December, 2022
The universal enemy
Yazidi
Society
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Radicalisation, Islamism and transnational politics: The Universal Enemy

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Usman Butt

11 March, 2020
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women
Society
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A year on since It's Not About The Burqa

The New Arab Staff

Tahmina Begum

21 February, 2020
Hashtag Islam
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Hashtag Islam: How Cyber-Islamic Environments Are Transforming Religious Authority

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Sadek Hamid

20 February, 2020
Reclaiming land book
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Reclaiming Home: Looking at land rights, conflict and justice

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Usman Butt

20 February, 2020
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Society
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The Caravan: Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad

The New Arab Staff

Tam Hussein

12 February, 2020
Zanib Mian
The New Arab meets
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Planet Omar: Pushing for Muslim characters in children's literature

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Sami Rahman

07 February, 2020
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Turkey
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10 Minutes 13 Seconds In This Strange World

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Sumaiyya Naseem

06 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
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The New Arab Book Club
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Thirteen Months of Sunrise: Rich portrayal of contemporary Sudan

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Karsen Breanne

04 July, 2019
This green and pleasant land
The New Arab Book Club
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This Green and Pleasant Land: Exploring racism and assimilation

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Sarah Shaffi

04 July, 2019
Andy Heintz's Dissidents of the International Left
The New Arab Book Club
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Dissidents of the International Left

The New Arab Staff

Haider A. Khan

12 June, 2019
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The New Arab Book Club
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Companions in Conflict: Animals in Occupied Palestine

Ramona Wadi

Ramona Wadi

12 June, 2019
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women
Society
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Praise for the Women of the Family

Ramona Wadi

Ramona Wadi

29 May, 2019
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The New Arab Book Club
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Fatima Bhutto's The Runaways tackles radicalisation

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Amena Ravat

09 May, 2019
A woman is no man
women
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A Woman is No Man: Patriarchy and psychological abuse

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Sumaiyya Naseem

09 May, 2019
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The New Arab Book Club
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Between the Ottomans and the Entente

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Usman Butt

09 May, 2019
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The New Arab Book Club
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History and heritage: Isabella Hammad's debut novel The Parisian

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Sarah Shaffi

01 May, 2019
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The New Arab Book Club
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Enclosure: Palestinian Landscapes in a Historical Mirror

Ramona Wadi

Ramona Wadi

24 April, 2019