Inspiring activist and youngest Nobel Prize laureate Malala to feature at annual festival in Dubai
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ author Margaret Atwood unveils sequel ‘The Testaments’
‘The Testaments’ is set 15 years on from the events of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
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Nobel laureate and US ‘national treasure’ Toni Morrison dead at 88
Toni Morrison wrote 11 novels, many of them touching on life as a black American, in a glittering literary and award-laden career that lasted over six decades
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Arab world no longer has a museum culture, says writer Ahdaf Soueif
After resigning from the British Museum, the Egyptian novelist also calls on Arab museums to better serve their communities
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Omani writer Jokha Alharthi first Arabic author to win Man Booker prize
Jokha Alharthi’s translator was US academic Marilyn Booth, who teaches Arabic literature at Oxford University
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Ian Rankin: when crime really does pay
Making a living from the creative arts is a tough route to go down, but international best-selling Scottish author Ian Rankin showed that while it may not be overnight success, grit and determination can eventually pay off royally
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Omani author nominated for Booker International Prize
Jokha Alharthi is the first from the Gulf region to be shortlisted for the prestigious literary award