AMMAN — Feminist literature tends to provoke both male and female Arab readers as it aims to shake the status quo, novelists and literary experts said on Monday. Speaking at a seminar discussing ...

When my collection of short stories based on my years as a UAW worker at the former Cadillac plant in Detroit hit the streets in 2004, many readers were amazed to discover on its pages real human ...

As part of its centennial celebrations, Sharjah Public Libraries (SPL) launched ‘The History of Letters and Movement’ exhibition at Al Rahmaniyah Mall, which runs until July 20, in collaboration with ...

Arab diaspora - when living outside their homeland and in a language setting other than their own - was brought into focus at the 41st Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) in a panel discussion. A ...

Ancient Arabic calligraphy was known for centuries as a work of beauty and sophistication, but its depiction was tainted by association with ISIS and terrorism, and a Syrian refugee aims to correct ...

The wave of revolutions that ousted dictators in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya continues its sweep through the Middle East. In the countries that experienced upheaval first, however, the revolutionary ...

The anthology “We Wrote in Symbols: Love and Lust by Arab Women Writers,” which appears to be the first of its kind in English, could not be more refreshing. Given stubborn Western stereotypes about ...