Books

Passage to the Plaza: Sahar Khalifeh gives voice to a generation of Palestinian women

Novelist Sahar Khalifeh records the experience of Palestinians under occupation, focusing on the presence of women in the narrative of the national struggle

Collapsing the shelves: The challenges of publishing Arab American children's books

Revolution, migration and free will: Khaled Mattawa's poems explore the notion of liberty

12 books you need to read about the Arab Spring

Barack Obama's memoir is a desperate attempt to seal a legacy. It fails

Azad Essa

Ghost in the machine: Netflix's Paranormal is strictly by the numbers

'Iranian women are pursuing their dreams': New book challenges western stereotypes

Five books on East Africa's centuries-old connection with the Middle East

Fear and loathing in Gaza: Tales of a life under siege

Palestine in 2048: Staring into a black mirror

The best YA books: 10 Middle East authors worth reading

Arab poet Mourid Barghouti: Watching the leaves fall

The comic artist who fled Syria and found himself

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

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