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Jonas Hassen Khemiri's The Sisters: Family secrets, loss & home

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Mosab Abu Toha: The witness poet narrating the genocide in Gaza

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The Coin: Unintentionally shaking Palestinian women stereotypes

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Albania's world-renowned novelist Ismail Kadare dies at 88

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'Voice of Gaza' Refaat Alareer killed in Israel strike

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Greece to expel Turkish-Armenian writer

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Sally Rooney's Israeli publisher will not boycott her

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Legendary Egyptian feminist Nawal El Saadawi dies aged 89

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Celebrated Turkish actor risks jail over Erdogan 'insult'

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Black Milk: Motherhood and postpartum career life

Ilham Essalih

Ilham Essalih

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Eminent writer resigns from Saudi newspaper over Khashoggi affair

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Pakistan army denies involvement in abduction of British-Pakistani writer

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10 June, 2018
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Saudi reformist imprisoned after calling for change in kingdom

The New Arab
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Fatima Mernissi, feminist writer, dies aged 75

The New Arab Staff

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01 December, 2015
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Human Rights Watch demands freedom for jailed Saudi writer

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11 August, 2015
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Abdel Hafed Benotman: The author as criminal

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04 March, 2015
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'Phoenician poet' Said Akl dies, aged 102

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