Books

Istanbul's Rami library: From army barracks to place of learning

During the 1820s, Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II used the building complex to embark on an ambitious and controversial campaign of modernisation

Said Khatibi: To avoid war, destroy the myth of purity

Beyond diversity: How Black and Muslim women are changing the publishing industry

Black Shield Maiden: Willow Smith's new book lambasted over representation of Muslims

Orientalism, exoticism, deception: The story of the Arabian Nights

Turkish book publishers pushed to the brink by lira crisis

2021's best books: MEE staff and writers' favourite reads of the year

Anybody who has visited Palestine could not fail to support Sally Rooney

Alexandra Pringle

Five of the best Arab comic and graphic novel releases of 2021

The booksellers of Cairo: An urban trail of eight of the city's antiquarian bookstores

How Diwan bookstores created an inclusive and enduring model of bookselling in Egypt

As Abdulrazak Gurnah's publisher, I thought Nobel winner's moment might have gone

Alexandra Pringle

Duse Mohamed Ali: Fleet Street's first Black Muslim editor, with an international vision