Maya Ghandour wrote in the Lebanese francophone daily, L’Orient le jour, an article on the second session of Najwa Barakat’s workshop ‘Mohtaraf kayfa taktob riwaya’. Young talents from all over the Arab world, if you have a novel or other creative project, end of September 2010 is your deadline.

Jabbour Douaihy, guest of the Montova literary festival met the public this morning (12.09.2010).

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TROUPING THROUGH LEBANON
by André Tartar / GSAS ’10
Last July, a curious sight arose in Bint beil, a Lebanese town still halfstrewn with rubble from the Summer 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.

Beirut is getting ready for the 39 authors under 39 years old, selected in the context of the event organized by the Hay festival for Beirut World Book Capital 2009, a year which is coming to an end on April 22, 2010.

The Arab Man Booker, also called International Arabic Prize of Fiction, was awarded on March 2cnd in Abu Dhabi to Saudi writer Abdo Khal for his novel ‘She throws sparks’.