Books

'Hot Maroc': Yassin Adnan's satirical debut novel plots the death of Moroccan politics

Adnan's novel follows the protagonist's rise from insignificance to working the dark corners of the web, and reveals the dynamics that animate political parties, their weaknesses and corruption

Review: Readings in Syrian Prison Literature

Palestine: A socialist introduction to the liberation struggle

Sai Englert

The Critical Case of a Man Called K: Saudi author's debut tackles illness and transformation

Kahlil Gibran: Remembering legendary Lebanese-born poet 90 years on

Midnight in Cairo: The glitz, glamour and grit of Egypt’s leading ladies

'The Book of Ramallah': Ten stories that paint a portrait of a city

Silence is a Sense: Writing the traumas of war and displacement

Memories of displacement: Sudanese poet K Eltinae on writing 'verses in the sky'

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

Barra and Zaman: How 'The Mummy' reveals a nostalgia for Egypt's lost past

Street signs to Sindbad: Uncovering the legacy of Arab graphic design

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

Voices of a lost homeland: The poetry of Western Sahara