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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
Internment by Samira Ahmed
US
Society
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Internment: When the youth take a stand against racism

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Sarah Shaffi

10 April, 2019
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women
Society
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Queens of the Kingdom: Women of Saudi Arabia Speak

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Zahra Hankir

10 April, 2019
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The New Arab Book Club
Society
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Prozak Diaries: Psychiatry and generational memory in Iran

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Karsen Breanne

03 April, 2019
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The New Arab Book Club
Society
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My Name is Adam: Tribulations of an unfinished story

Ramona Wadi

Ramona Wadi

03 April, 2019
The Beekeeper of Sinjar
The New Arab Book Club
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The Beekeeper of Sinjar

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Amena Ravat

27 March, 2019
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US
Society
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The Other Americans: Tackling immigrant identity with love

The New Arab Staff

Mel Plant

13 March, 2019
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women
Society
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The Pact We Made: Tackling Kuwait's outdated gender roles

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Sarah Shaffi

07 March, 2019
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Society
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Black Milk: Motherhood and postpartum career life

Ilham Essalih

Ilham Essalih

06 March, 2019
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tribes
Society
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State and Tribes in Syria

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Usman Butt

06 March, 2019
All that i want to forget
The New Arab Book Club
Society
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Seeking escapism: All That I Want to Forget

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Amena Ravat

13 February, 2019
Eritrea refugee
The New Arab Book Club
Society
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Exile and survival: Silence is My Mother Tongue

Ilham Essalih

Ilham Essalih

06 February, 2019
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women
Society
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No filters required: It's Not About the Burqa

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Sarah Shaffi

06 February, 2019
AyaDane
The New Arab Book Club
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Reflection and revelation: Aya Dane by Mhani Alaoui

Ramona Wadi

Ramona Wadi

30 January, 2019
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The New Arab Book Club
Society
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Notes on the Flesh: Love, identity, and disability

Ilham Essalih

Ilham Essalih

23 January, 2019
Frankenstein in Baghdad
war
Society
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Frankenstein in Baghdad: The line between victim and villain

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Amena Ravat

23 January, 2019
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The New Arab Book Club
Society
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Hanan al-Shaykh's The Occasional Virgin explores Arab women's identity

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Sumaiyya Naseem

16 January, 2019