Libraries in two working-class neighborhoods of Cairo, Egypt have been shuttered by authorities without explanation, according to a report from the online newspaper Mada Masr. Both libraries, in the neighborhoods of Tora and Dar… Read more »

Can you name a single Kurdish fiction writer? Probably not. For anyone who thinks that the US and UK have made sufficient progress bringing foreign literature into translation, it may… Read more »

In recent months, we’ve been following the story of Ahmed Naji, a young novelist currently serving a two-year jail sentence in Egypt. His bloodcurdling crime? Publishing an excerpt from his novel The Use… Read more »

Egypt has a less than stellar reputation when it comes to freedom of speech and press; the independent watchdog organization Freedom House has classified the country as “not free” when… Read more »