Literature

Nizar Qabbani An Immortal Name in Arab Literature
Nizar Qabbani: An Immortal Name in Arab Literature
October 12, 2026
3 days ago
Razane Er-reyyahy
Writing on grief, politics ,and love, Qabbani engraved his name in the history of Arab literature.
Rabat Turns Three Tramway Stops Into Free Reading Stations / MWN Photography Team
Rabat Turns Three Tramway Stops Into Free Reading Stations
October 9, 2026
6 days ago
Ihab Ou-ouda
Three Rabat tram stations now have free-access book cabinets, bringing reading directly into commuters’...
Anne Carson Wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
Anne Carson Wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
October 8, 2026
1 week ago
Aya El Maguiri
The Canadian poet, classicist, and translator takes literature’s biggest prize with a body of work that...
Morocco Opens Applications for 2026 Morocco Book Prize
Morocco Opens Applications for 2026 Morocco Book Prize
October 6, 2026
1 week ago
Ihab Ou-ouda
Moroccan writers, poets, researchers, critics, translators, and thinkers can submit eligible works for...
When Freud’s Great-Granddaughter Lived in Marrakech / MWN Design Team
When Freud’s Great-Granddaughter Called Marrakech Home
October 3, 2026
1 week ago
Ihab Ou-ouda
Decades before “Hideous Kinky” reached cinemas with Kate Winslet, Marrakech was the setting for an unconventional...
Moroccan Poet Abu Bakr Al-Militi Wins Buland Al-Haidari Prize / MWN Design Team
Moroccan Poet Abu Bakr Al-Militi Wins Buland Al-Haidari Prize
October 2, 2026
2 weeks ago
Ihab Ou-ouda
The Moroccan poet will share the Arab poetry award with Iraqi writer Zain al-Abidin al-Murshidi following...
Leïla Slimani Takes Her Morocco Family Saga to Los Angeles
Leïla Slimani Takes Her Morocco Family Saga to Los Angeles
September 28, 2026
2 weeks ago
Ihab Ou-ouda
The Rabat-born novelist will discuss “I’ll Take the Fire,” the final chapter of her trilogy tracing a...
‘Ouroboros’ Stage Play, Fez / MWN Design Team Courtesy of Ilyass Elmarbouh
‘Ouroboros’ Brings Migration’s Endless Cycle to the Fez Stage
September 24, 2026
3 weeks ago
Ihab Ou-ouda
The new Moroccan theater and circus production uses movement, silence, and the ancient image of a serpent...
Ivan Vassallo, Malta’s Consul General in Casablanca, appears with Maltese writer Matthew Schembri during a literary event at Goethe-Institut Rabat / MWN Photography team
Maltese Writer Matthew Schembri Meets Rabat Readers at Goethe-Institut
September 18, 2026
4 weeks ago
Ihab Ou-ouda
The literary evening introduced Moroccan audiences to Schembri’s fantasy writing, poetry, and visual...

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