Egyptian Novelist Nasser Iraq is the winner for Katara Prize for Arabic Novel 2016. The Katara Prize for Arabic Novel is an Arabic literary prize…
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Category: Egypt
Poet Farouk Shousha wins Egypt’s Nile Prize for Literature 2016
Poet Farouk Shousha is the winner of this year’s Egypt’s Nile Prize for Literature. Egypt’s Highest Awards in the fields of Literature, Arts and Social…
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Mona Eltahawy features at Africa Month Celebrations today
Mona Eltahawy will tonight’s guest at the Joburg Theatre as South Africa continues to celebrate Africa Month. Her topic of discussion will be “Reflections on…
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Alexandrina International Book Fair 2016 looking back
The Alexandrina International Book Fair 2016 was hosted in Egyptian town of Alexandria for ten days from March 21st to April 3rd 2016. The festival…
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Jailed Egyptian Novelist Ahmed Naji to be honoured by PEN America
Egyptian novelist and journalist Ahmed Naji will be honoured by PEN America as he is conferred the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award at its annual Literary…
View More Jailed Egyptian Novelist Ahmed Naji to be honoured by PEN AmericaMeet the Africans on the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2016 shortlist
Egyptian Mohamed Rabie and Morocco Tareq Bakari are the two Africans on the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2016 shortlist announced today. For those just…
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African literary festivals you can attend in 2016
What a year 2015 was where African literary festivals were concerned. A record number showcased some of the coolest people and their writing in various…
View More African literary festivals you can attend in 2016Morland Writing Scholarships 2015 shortlist announced
The Miles Morland Foundation has just announced the shortlist for the 2015 Morland Writing Scholarships. These applicants will be whittled down to four on December…
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Writing our way out of social inequality in Africa #AkeFest2015
Ayodele Morocco-Clarke moderated “Writing our way out of social inequality in Africa”, one of the first panels at the Ake Festival with writers Siphiwo Mahala,…
View More Writing our way out of social inequality in Africa #AkeFest2015FT / OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award 2015 long list out
In February I blogged about these FT / OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Awards where writers, film makers and visual artists would be eligible for cash prizes…
View More FT / OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award 2015 long list outA look back at the inaugural Cairo Literary Festival 2015
A few weeks ago our good friend in Cairo Lena Naassana gave us a report and images from the Cairo Book Fair which happened from…
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The Cairo Book Fair happened in the Egyptian capital on 28th January – 12th February. Formerly one of the biggest fairs on the continent, it…
View More Images from the Cairo Book Fair 2015North Africans pepper International Prize for Arabic Fiction longlist
The International prize for Arabic fiction was set up in 2007 to address limited international availability of Arabic literature. The prize is one of the…
View More North Africans pepper International Prize for Arabic Fiction longlistSudan’s Hammour Ziada gets Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2014
Egyptian Naguib Mahfouz won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature and is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature. He published…
View More Sudan’s Hammour Ziada gets Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2014Morland Writing Scholars 2014 announced
The Miles Morland Foundation (MMF) has announced the winners of the 2014 Morland Writing Scholarships. The winners each receive a grant of ₤18,000 to allow…
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