Books

Salt Journals: Tunisian women describe their country’s legacy of political imprisonment

A collection of accounts published by Syracuse University Press describes gendered repression that has disturbing parallels to the country today

Dar al-Fata al-Arabi: A look at the first Arab publishing house dedicated to children

Daybreak in Gaza: New anthology aims to preserve a culture being destroyed

Against Erasure: What a new photo book tells about Palestine before the Nakba

Israel's war on Gaza

Salman Rushdie is echoing Israeli talking points to justify the horrors in Gaza

Gabriel Polley

Salman Rushdie says free Palestinian state would be 'Taliban-like'

Fall of Civilizations: The histories of greatness and ruin that mirror modern decay

Israel's war on Gaza

'Deluge' sweeps away western myths about Gaza, Hamas and Israel in essential collection

Richard Sanders

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

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