The writer’s extensive historical research leads to a nuanced novel about Benghazi’s complicated experience with slavery. Hadara, September 2020 When the Libyan academic and writer Najwa Bin Shatwan was studying the history of her country, […]
When Alexander Kristoff pulled on the first yellow jersey of this year’s delayed Tour de France, he called it a “dream come true”. The next day, as Julian Alaphilippe won on the Promenade Des Anglais […]
The British author tells us why he chose the fearless Persis Wadia as his heroine. The National, August 2020 Last year British crime writer Vaseem Khan was deep into another one of his enjoyably twisty narratives when […]
Norwegian cyclist Alexander Kristoff won the prestigious final stage of The Tour de France last year. The UAE Team Emirates sprinter kicks off 2019 hoping for more success in the team’s ‘home race’, the brand […]
The author manages to perfectly toe the line between trauma and comedy in a searing coming-of-age tale set in a post-civil-war city. The National, August 2020 The timing is staggering. Only a few paragraphs into Naji […]