Top 5 Female Arab Writers: A Middle Eastern Literature Preview

"We have decided to put together a list of our five favourite women novelists from the Arab world. For a number of reasons, but mainly my inability to read anything other than basic Arabic, we have limited ourselves to writers whose works are published in English too."

Sonallah Ibrahim talks novels and writing about that most sensitive topic of all- Sex. Here are snippets of his interview.

"There’s a lengthy Q&A with Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim in Banipal 43, which just arrived at my PO box. The wide-ranging interview, conducted by AUC history professor Camilo Gomez-Rivas, opens with politics, but meanders interestingly through Ibrahim’s inspirations and creative process."

Have you ever looked at a book and thought, "Hey, that would be a great docking station"? If you're that random, you're in luck. Here's a classic literary book that functions as an aesthetically pleasing (if slightly odd looking) fixture in your house and as a docking station. Hooray for innovation.