Prize lists featuring Arab writers
Coverage follows nominations and shortlists, including seven Palestinian nominees for the 2027 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
News
ArabLit
ArabLit is based in Egypt and publishes in English. Its articles are available on Bigdata.com. Specialist reporting on Arabic-language books in translation, author interviews, literary criticism and publishing developments across the Arab literary world.
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What has ArabLit reported about business and markets this week?
ArabLit publishes dated news posts on Arabic literature and translation, such as prize longlists and shortlists and grant awards, so an agent can list what it has reported this week and cite each post.
What it draws onArabLit report series
Prize and award news
Dated posts on longlists, shortlists and grants, such as the Warwick Prize and the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants.
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In the index
Insights from ArabLit
What ArabLit covers on Bigdata.com, by company and topic. Updated Oct 2026.
Poetry and stories written from Gaza
Gaza-based writers share new poems by Taqwa Ahmed al-Wawi and stories of hunger and displacement by Hassan Al-Qatrawi.
Reviews and launches of new books
Reviews and launch notes cover titles such as Bench of the Reserves, The Thin Border and The Sleep Thief.
Protecting writers and literary archives
PEN Sudan launched as a space for Sudanese writers, and Raja Shehadeh's archive was digitised and moved to the University of Edinburgh.
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How to connect your agents to ArabLit
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