profiles of people
Feature 2
Stella Gaitano weaves together Sudanese history and culture
Feature 3
Abdellah Taïa’s new novel draws on one of his greatest inspirations – his mother
FuRTHER Reading
Abdulrazak gurnah on his first novel since winning the nobel prize, the africa report, 2025
fouad elkoury: a lifetime of taking photographs, new lines magazine, 2025
Kenya’s new generation of writers: Dennis Mugaa’s short stories, the africa report, 2024
uchenna awoke explore Nigeria’s igbo caste system, the africa report, 2024
Musih Tedji Xaviere on forbidden love and self-censorship, the africa report, 2024
karim kattan, imagining eden, arablit, 2024
Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury has died, The guardian, 2024
Angola: Pepetela sheds light on decolonisation in The Utopian Generation, the Africa report, 2024
Libyan writer Mohammed Alnaas on proverbs and more, arablit, 2024
Karen jennings, crooked seeds, a love song to south africa, the africa report, 2024
Reem Gaafar’s debut novel about racism and intolerance in a Sudanese village on the nile, the africa report, 2024
Nigerian author Uche Okonkwo’s short stories are quiet and powerful, the africa report, 2024
kalaf epalanga on beauty, truth, and migration, The africa Report, 2023
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Kenya’s renaissance woman, the africa report, 2023
CAine prize winners Mame Bougouma diene and woppa diallo-makes-history-with-caine-prize-win/, the africa report, 2023
ghanaian author kobby ben ben on his debut novel “no one dies yet”, the africa report,
2023
peace adzo medie on her latest novel “nightbloom”, the africa report, 2023
Femi kayode, Nigeria’s crime writer, the africa report, 2023
Gothataone Moeng’s stories from Botswana, The africa report, 2023
Hemley Boum’s days come and go, the africa Report, 2023
Stella Gaitano, on her book edo’s souls, the africa report, 2023
Shady Lewis, the egyptian author: serious themes with humor, arablit 2023
Geetanjali Shree on the Need for ‘a Pluralistic Multilingual World’, publishing perspectives, 2022
faiza Guene on writing and racism in France, middle east eye, 2020
interview with algerian poet samira negrouche, words without borders, 2019
interview with Khaled khalifa, the national, 2019
interview with hamid ismailov on his new novel, the national, 2019
interview with croatian author Igor Štiks, words without borders 2019
interview with muhammad abdelnabi on writing queer characters, arablit, 2019
interview with mohammad rabie, arablit, 2019
jocelyne saab: capturing humanity in darkness, the national, 2019
ken krimstein’s graphic biography of hannah arendt, the national, 2018
sinan antoon on “ave maria”, arablit, 2018
Ausra Kaziliunaite’s post Avant-Garde Poetry (Pdf) bookwitty, 2018
Undine Radzeviciute on China, Teutonic Knights and Absurdist Humor (pdf) bookwitty, 2018
Osvalds Zebris on courage and morality (pdf) bookwitty, 2018
Pauls Bankovski on latvian identity and science fiction (PDF) Bookwitty, 2018
interview with kidi bebey (video with english subtitles) bookwitty, 2018
interview with etel adnan (video with English subtitles) bookwitty, 2017
interview with hoda barakat (video in french) bookwitty, 2017
interview with marcelino truong (video with english subtitles), bookwitty 2017
interview with grégoire polet (video in french) bookwitty, 2017
interview with marc alexandre oho bambe (video in french) bookwitty, 2017
interview with lamia ziadé (video in French) bookwitty, 2017
jesús carrasco on publishing his first novel at age 40 (PDF) bookwitty, 2017
Mariame Tighanimine: 30 years battling discrimination, pri, 2017
elizabeth strout on being a chatterbox (pdf) bookwitty, 2017
author Andrea eames on the end of the mugabe era (pdf) bookwitty, 2017
interview with Vanity Fair's Wayne Lawson (PDF) Bookwitty, 2017
Abdellah Taia on writing infidels (pdf) bookwitty, 2017
Marwa al-Sabouni on the Power of Architecture to Divide and Unite (PDF) bookwitty, 2016
Marcelino Truong on his Graphic Novel about Family and the Vietnam War (PDF) bookwitty, 2016
Guy Delisle on his graphic novel, hostage (pdf) bookwitty, 2016
Burhan Sönmez on the lack of freedom in turkey (pdf) bookwitty, 2016
tahar ben jelloun talks about his mother (pdf) bookwitty, 2016
Riad Sattouf and his autobiography in progress, the guardian, 2016
a tribute to leila alaoui, the guardian, 2016
khadija al-salami on fighting for women’s rights in yemen, warscapes, 2015
interview with Molly Crabapple, Warscapes, 2015
interview with mohammed berrada, publishing perspectives, 2015
interview with adonis, (PDF) the Daily star lebanon, 2015
interviews with Samar Yazbek, Rosa Yassin Hassan and inaam kachachi, words without borders, 2014
interview with moustafa khalifé, publishing perspectives, 2014
interview with alexandre paulikevitch, warscapes, 2014
interview with milena busquets, publishing perspectives, 2014
interview with dany laferrière, publishing perspectives, 2014
interview with nihad sirees, publishing perspectives, 2013
interview with Jacques ferrandez, publishing perspectives, 2013
interview with guy delisle, the daily star lebanon, 2012
interview with Rudy Ricciotti (in french) Geo, 2012
interview with susan abulhawa, publishing perspectives, 2011
interview with sjón, publishing perspectives, 2011
madees khoury brews beer in palestine, the daily star lebanon, 2011
interview with Joe Sacco (in english and arabic) gulf life, 2009
interview with joe sacco on “footnotes in gaza”, the daily star lebanon, 2009
remembering Randa Chahal, THe Guardian, 2008
interview with sulayman al bassam, the daily star lebanon, 2007
interview with ghada karmi, the daily star lebanon, 2005
interview with larry towell, the daily star lebanon, 2005
interview with faiza guene, the daily star lebanon, 2004
interview with kamilya jubran, the daily star lebanon, 2004
interview with riad sattouf, the daily star lebanon, 2004
interview with ahmed abodehman, the daily star lebanon, 2004
interview with inaam kachachi, the daily star lebanon, 2004
interview with randa chahal 2, the daily star lebanon, 2003
interview with randa chahal 1, the daily star lebanon, 2003
interview with hoda barakat, the daily star lebanon, 2003
interview with yasmine hamdan, the daily star lebanon, 2003
interview with jocelyne saab, the daily star lebanon, 2002
interview with soha bechara,(PDF) the daily star Lebanon, 2002