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

Palestinian-American author changes narrative of her life with debut novel

Syria poet Adonis wins (misses out on) Nobel Literature Prize

Don't speak to strangers if you want to fit in in Sweden, comic book tells newcomers

Cairo: A tale of two book fairs

Salt Houses: Tackling Israel-Palestine with a poet's licence

Hatim Kanaaneh

Calls for protest in Kuwait as banned book list reveals extent of censorship

Where the books weren’t burned: Baghdad’s ancient library

P is for Palestine: The children's ABC book pro-Israel bullies tried to ban

Nada Elia

BOOK REVIEW: Is there a case for Islamo-Christian civilisation?

Meet Istanbul's shop owner inspiring children to read books

Student translates literature into Kurdish to celebrate native language

'We live with death': Iraqi poets on loss, grief and hope