Books

The Olive Trees' Jazz: Algiers poet speaks in music of the senses

A new bilingual edition of Algerian poet Samira Negrouche's selected poems lyrically addresses some of the region's most complex questions

The Boy at the Back of the Class: Hit children's writer on her story of kindness

Man Booker International Prize: Jokha Alharthi is first Arab winner

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