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Darf Publishers announces the English publication of The Other Rooms by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Translated by William Tamplin darfpublishers.co.uk/darf-publisher…

Latest on my website: Ali al-Muqri's Hurma, a Yemeni novel sbout restrictions on women & how they struggle to overcome them bit.ly/3uvpGMO tr. T M Aplin from @DarfPublishers

Speaking on "Khouzam’s Alessandro Spina and his desert[ed] classics ‘d’oltremare’: Reflecting on an Italian [Post]colonial Consciousness of Libya" with @niccoacram in June "I Confini dell'Ombra" (2006) trans. @anaffissahely w/ @DarfPublishers "The Confines of the Shadow" (2015)

Great list! Also there's one we somehow missed for our forthcoming in 2023 list: Sadeq Naihum's The Finest Thief in the Kingdom, tr. Safa Elnaili (@DarfPublishers). Can't wait.

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The auction is now closed 🎉we raised £7000 🎉 thank you to everyone who came down to the exhibition; to the wonderful artists for donating their pieces; to @SouthKenKids and French Institute for hosting the display, and to everyone who put down a bid. onwards and upwards!

Good morning all! It’s going to take more then some snow to stop us bookselling. Open and here with festive cheer as usual 😊

🎉🐲🖼️ What a lovely evening of live drawing to #supportUkraine, followed by the opening of our 20th Birthday Exhibition! Come along to the Institut Francais to see the pieces for yourself or visit the online auction here bit.ly/3VmvzV1 Ends 11th Dec...

Author and illustrator @Benji_Davies has donated beautiful illustrations from his picture books The Storm Whale & Grandad’s Island. They could both be yours, when you bid at our online auction 🎨 bit.ly/3VmvzV1 please share this exhibition with your friends and family!

🎨This is a really special exhibition organised by @ChildrensBkShow, to raise money for their future work, bringing free books and inspiring performances to children across the UK All pieces are available for bidding via an online auction here: bit.ly/3VmvzV1

A fresh lick of paint and some lovely new gold lettering. We are feeling fancy ☺️☺️

Some of the goodies that arrived when ordering the Ghorba Ghost Series through the pre-sale link 😊 Both books have been described by iconic dissident artist Ai Weiwei as "Exquisite".⁠ ⁠ Head to the Darf store to order your copies now.

Little piece on @CaravelMagazine about the Ghorba Ghost Series caravelmagazine.com/2022/05/massou… "Although it is set in China, it is very much about the Jewish Arab identity... It is very much rooted in a politic of love."

Happy Bookshop Day to one and all! Come say hey, buy a book, tell us how pretty we are! Xxx

Praise for Last Night in Brighton "Massive. Wonderfully transporting and healing, Last Night in Brighton will speak to anyone who has ever felt a longing for home, or wholeness. That is to say: everyone" Alya Mooro, bestselling author of The Greater Freedom

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@ArtsFuse review of @mhayoun's Building 46: "It’s a coming-of-age story whose revelation of prejudice weaves together two very different cultures." Last Night in Brighton, the second book in the Ghorba Ghost Series, is out in the US on the 15th November. artsfuse.org/257990/

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Thanks to @lithub for including Massoud Hayoun's vibrant multi-cultural, intergenerational cosmic crime thriller on their Crime Reads list. Taking readers from Cairo to LA and back again in one whirlwind of a read – well done @mhayoun. Out 15th November crimereads.com/last-night-in-…