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Saudi Arabia has released four more female activists from custody pending trial, rights campaigners have announced. This means that seven…

Eleven Saudi women’s rights activists were due back in court Wednesday in a trial that has drawn international criticism, just…

Some will never know if their books were appreciated by readers, many of whom aren’t born yet. Every year for…

A gunman on Sunday killed prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar outside a court where he was facing charges for sharing…

Authors are planning to “burn” their literary works in protest at the two-year jail sentence handed to author Ahmed Naji…

Violence against writers and a misplaced sense of political correctness pose new dangers to freedom of speech in the West,…

Prominent mystery fiction writer Mahmoud Salem died Sunday at the age of 84, after a life full of adventure, both…

The Writers Union issued a statement on Wednesday criticizing the Muslim Brotherhood for marginalizing intellectuals because the draft of the…

Whoever is elected as the new president would need a miracle to face many thorny issues and crises the country…

Update: PalFest organizers were granted on Thursday afternoon travel permits by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to travel to Gaza…