Books

Egypt's Jews: One writer's homage to a lost history

French comic artist and author Jeremie Dres tracks down his grandparents' life in Alexandria

Oman's Jokha Alharthi wins prestigious Man Booker International prize

Laila Lalami: ‘Whoever tells the story controls the world’

Postcards from dystopia: The Jewish-American cartoonist hitting back at Zionism

The Parisian: An epic novel of love and loss in Palestine

Review: A trip into the dark heart of Syria

Apocalypse now: Why Arab authors are really writing about the end of the world

Arabic poetry: 10 writers, classic and modern, you need to read

Visa denied: Sudanese author is blocked by UK authorities

Death of a writer: Murder casts shadow over Baghdad's literary scene

Palestinian-American author changes narrative of her life with debut novel

Cairo: A tale of two book fairs

Calls for protest in Kuwait as banned book list reveals extent of censorship

Salt Houses: Tackling Israel-Palestine with a poet's licence

Hatim Kanaaneh

Where the books weren’t burned: Baghdad’s ancient library

P is for Palestine: The children's ABC book pro-Israel bullies tried to ban

Nada Elia

Meet Istanbul's shop owner inspiring children to read books

Student translates literature into Kurdish to celebrate native language

'We live with death': Iraqi poets on loss, grief and hope

Syria poet Adonis wins (misses out on) Nobel Literature Prize

Don't speak to strangers if you want to fit in in Sweden, comic book tells newcomers