by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 8, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture
Paris- Iraqi-born novelist Inaam Kachachi, journalist at Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, has won the Lagardere Award for Arab Novel, which is introduced in cooperation with the Arab World Institute in Paris. The jury of nine cultural figures has decided to give the award...
A vast cemetery in Najaf, Iraq, where 5 million bodies lie buried. (Reuters/Akram Saleh)
by Al-Mustafa Najjar | Apr 12, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ironically, Iraqi fiction has been flourishing ever since the US army invaded Baghdad in 2003. Several prominent Mesopotamian writers have emerged in the Arabic fiction arena, penning daring texts that seek to deconstruct the Iraqi identity...
