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Women stand in front of shelves at the 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair. (AFP)
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Iran’s Great Storyteller Dies in Silence
When President Muhammad Khatami’s Ministry of Islamic Guidance worked on the final list of banned writers and poets in the winter of 1997, few expected that Amir Ashiri’s name would be one of the 3000 or so “enemies of Islam and the Revolution” to be forbidden from...Caption:
A customer shops for books at a shopping mall in Kajang outside Kuala Lumpur September 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad)
Every Cover is a Window to its Soul
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—If you had the opportunity to choose your face, would you pick one that reflects or contradicts your soul? Would you only prefer an attractive face that enchants others? Or would you pick a featureless, expressionless one? Perhaps you will...Caption:
Books are displayed at the annual Paris book fair March 14, 2008. (Reuters/Charles Platiau)
The American Reader Seeking the Arab “Other”
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—It is hardly a stretch to say that over the last dozen years, Americans have had a tense and complicated relationship with Arabs and the Middle East. This has undoubtedly impacted the availability and popularity of Arabic novels in the United...Caption:
File photo of books on a library shelf. (AFP Photo/Loic Venance)