Just finished The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine for Adabiyat Book Club bookclub and looking forward to the discussion!

SO well deserved 👏 M Lynx Qualey and ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly do such incredible work amplifying and encouraging Arab voices and stories 🩷Mabrouk!

Mabrouk to M Lynx Qualey one of our faves in this space. Such a wonderful, kind individual and resource & source of support for our club. Much-deserved.

To make the Riyadh traffic fly by, we’re taking Rabih with us.

Where are you reading?

Did you get yours yet?

Yalla go go go!

#adabiyat

We're back! Save the date:

In Madrid in April? Our member Ramzi Nasir will be participating in a reading of Adania Shibli’s Minor Detail at Desperate Literature

desperateliterature.com/events/

Organized by Saqi Books, Brittle Paper's editor-in-chief @AinehiEdoro will be speaking with Sudanese author Reem Gaafar (@GaafarReem) about her debut novel A MOUTH FULL OF SALT, winner of the 2023 Island Prize, on April 18th at 7 PM BST/1 PM CST/2 PM EST.

Mideast friends: We're looking for more stories from the region as we recommit to it in New Lines Magazine. Please reach out to me with ideas for investigations, lifestyle stories (more on this soon), and stories you've been obsessing about that won't get published anywhere else

Friends, I'm looking forward to my nat'l book tour for 'Stories from the Center of the World,' from SF, Berkeley & Sac, to LA, Vegas, DC and NYC!
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Guys, we keep getting messages that you want to see Adabiyat alive.

We'll need (lots) of extra hands to make this happen.

If you are interested in hosting a future session, please comment below or DM us.

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The theme for ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly’s forthcoming spring issue is Gaza. For more information on how to submit poems, essays, translations, or other creative works: arablit.org/2024/01/02/cal…

Reading Palestine - mailchi.mp/4a4844c0a8be/r…

My novel, BEHIND YOU IS THE SEA, just got its 2nd 🌟 review. This time, it's from Kirkus.... the full review is below. It's hard to post good news at this time, but I'm happy this book will be in the world. Please consider pre-ordering. Thanks, friends.

kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/s…

“It kills you that so many children won’t see the sun…”
من رواية 'أعراس آمنة' من سلسلة #الملهاة_الفلسطينية للكتاب إبراهيم نصر الله Ibrahim.nasrallah23
الرسم ل راما شاندرن (الهند)

Ok not overthinking it 10 beloved Palestinian novels (🧵1/?)

Minor Detail (A Shibli tr EJ)
Men in the Sun (G Kanafani tr HK)
Said the Pessoptimist (E Habibi tr TL/SKJ)
Wondrous Journeys (S Nimr)
Passage to the Plaza (S Khalifeh tr SH)
Book of Disappearance (I Azem tr SA)

Afraid we need to postpone our next reading session. We can't focus with everything going on.

Love, hugs, and see you soon.

Rabih has already sucked us in as usual.

Are you joining us in a few weeks? Profile photo for details. Dm to join.

We are offering 25% off our Palestine titles with the code SaqiPalestine. All profits will be donated directly to Medical Aid for Palestinians who are working tirelessly to provide aid to those in need in Palestine.

#palestine #palestinianculture #saqi

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