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  • Emel Mathlouthi performing in a pink dress
    Feminism & Pop in Tunisia

    "The world doesn’t want loud women"

    Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi, an icon of resistance during the 2011 Arab Spring protests, recently released an album exclusively produced by women. A conversation on metal, feminism and the beauty of the Arabic language.

  • Colourful children book in different languages
    Bilingual children's books

    Kurdish as a living language

    "When I was a child, I felt ashamed of my identity," says linguist and translator Marwan Sheikho. Determined to create a different reality for his own children, he's made his publishing debut with three bilingual Kurdish children's books.

  • Photo montage: Syrian author Zakaria Tamer / Cover of the Arabic edition of Zakaria Tamer's "Sour Grapes"
    Zakaria Tamer's "Sour Grapes"

    Always subversive

    Playing with language in his short-short collection "Sour Grapes" – now in English translation – Syrian writer Zakaria Tamer doesn't hesitate to employ the winking humour, quick reversals and archetypes that are a part of his wide appeal

  • Singer Elyanna gestures as she sings and performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Indio, California, USA, 22 April 2023
    Palestinian-Chilean singer

    Elyanna poised to take Arabic pop global

    Singing in Arabic wasn't part of Elyanna's original plan. Yet it's helping the 22-year-old Palestinian-Chilean singer make history, even as she walks a fine line against the backdrop of current events

  • A woman in a blue headscarf puts the finishing touches to a bride's make-up; the bride looks unhappy
    Cinema showcase in Morocco

    Arab women filmmakers challenge Western preconceptions

    Female filmmakers from across the Middle East are increasingly being recognised and celebrated. But the challenges they face are not always what you might expect

  • Bust of Khalil Gibran in his hometown of Bsharre, Lebanon
    Lebanon

    Khalil Gibran's hometown celebrates 'The Prophet' centennial

    Nestled in the mountains of northern Lebanon, a museum dedicated to Khalil Gibran in his hometown of Bsharre has been celebrating the centennial of "The Prophet", the renowned author's most famous work

  • Palestinian author Adania Shibli was to have received Litprom's LiBeraturpreis at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Writers from around the world have criticised the organisation in an open letter for postponing the award ceremony.
    Adania Shibli, the Frankfurt Book Fair and the LiBeraturpreis

    Litprom under fire

    Palestinian author Adania Shibli was to have received Litprom's LiBeraturpreis at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Writers from around the world have criticised the organisation in an open letter for postponing the award ceremony. By Nikolas Fischer

  • Specialising in bold, exciting, contemporary Arabic literature, Europe-based 10/11 represents a select group of literary writers. Agents Sandra Hetzl and Katharine Halls talk about their tastes and selection criteria, how they divide their work, and what they love (and don't) about literary agenting.
    10/11, not 9/11

    New literary agency for a new approach

    Specialising in bold, exciting, contemporary Arabic literature, 10/11 literary agents Sandra Hetzl and Katharine Halls talk to Marcia Lynx Qualey about their tastes and selection criteria, how they divide their work, and what they love (and don't) about literary agenting

  • Migrants in the UK

    The world of London's others

    In "Auf dem Null Meridian", Shady Lewis tells the story of an immigrant in London who works in social services and whose life is turned upside down. With a light touch and black humour, he describes the tragic consequences of racism and Eurocentric thinking. Lisa Neal read the book for Qantara.de

  • The ancient archives of Chinguetti

    In northwestern Mauritania lies Chinguetti, a historic trading post and UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city still has several libraries with Arabic manuscripts – many of them from the late Middle Ages.

  • In May 2023, Algerian author Said Khatibi won the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Award in the young author category for his historical crime novel "Nihayat al-Sahra'" – in English, 'the End of the Sahara'.
    Algeria – wasteland for Arabic literature

    Big Brother is watching you

    In May 2023, Algerian author Said Khatibi won the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Award in the young author category for his historical crime novel "Nihayat al-Sahra'" – in English, 'the End of the Sahara'. Claudia Mende caught up with Khatibi in Abu Dhabi for Qantara.de

  • In his debut novel Syrian journalist and author Omar Youssef Souleimane looks back on the protest movement of 2011, a time when many in Syria hoped for societal change and democratic structures.
    The last Syrian

    Dreaming of freedom

    In his debut novel – "Le dernier Syrien" – Syrian journalist and author Omar Youssef Souleimane looks back on the protest movement of 2011, a time when many in Syria hoped for societal change and democratic structures. Volker Kaminski read the German-language version of the book for Qantara.de

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