Books

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
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Iradj Bagherzade: A life in books, pushing new boundaries
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In pictures: Logos Hope, world renowned floating book fair, docks in Egypt
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Dismay as London's famed Al Saqi bookshop closes its doors
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How to be a bad Muslim: Politics, poetry and finding love beyond the labels
Culture
Shams al-Maarif: Why is this mystic book feared in the Middle East?
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YA Arab American novels: Bringing Palestine into our fictional world
Nada Elia
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Assassins, anarchists and anti-British activism: Dispatches from the Egyptian underground
Kyle J Anderson
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Nobel literature prize: Annie Ernaux and the art of 'collective autobiography'
Alexandra Pringle
Qatar World Cup 2022
Qatar World Cup: Football, neoliberalism and revolution in the Middle East
Abdullah Al-Arian
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As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow: Syrian author Zoulfa Katouh on survivor’s guilt and hope
Film
Dune: How interstellar epic avoids Middle East stereotypes
Food & Drink
Arab Fairy Tale Feasts: Stories and recipes for the hungry young reader
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Between Two Islands: How British Bahrainis found a home in poetry
Inside Egypt
Egypt bans ‘extremist’ and Muslim Brotherhood literature in mosque libraries
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Fire and the Phoenix asks us to rethink the roles of religion, clan and power
Khalid Hajji
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From Babel to Berlin: How Arabic literature can unite the world
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Learn to read and write in Nubian
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James Baker: The man who said No to Israel
Jonathan Steele
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Poets, fighters and dreamers: Kurdish women tell their own stories
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How Beirut's bookshops kept love of literature alive during war, boom and bust
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'Hot Maroc': Yassin Adnan's satirical debut novel plots the death of Moroccan politics
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17 new books by Palestinian writers that are worth reading