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Arabic books

Releases, reviews and insights into Arabic books, covering classical literature, contemporary works and notable authors from across the Arab world

Officials during the opening of the Manuscripts Exhibition - Sustainable Identity and Development at House of Wisdom. Photo: House of Wisdom

Rare manuscripts trace Arab science and scholarship

BooksJune 22, 2026
The UAE National Reading Index 2025 surveyed reading habits across the country. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Rise in reading Arabic literature - but bookworms in UAE prefer digital formats

BooksApril 27, 2026
Libyan author Mohammed Alnaas learnt how to bake bread to write his award-winning novel Bread on Uncle Milad’s Table. Photo: Kheridine Mabrouk / International Prize for Arabic Fiction

Arabic novels being published in English examine angst in various settings

BooksJanuary 05, 2026
Hoda Barakat won the 2025 Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Literature for her novel Hind or the Most Beautiful Woman in the World. Photo: Zoran Mircetic / Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre

Hoda Barakat on how a new generation is reviving Arab literature

BooksOctober 24, 2025
A likeness of Avicenna, a philosopher prominent in the era that came to represent the height of an Arabic intellectual culture. Getty images

New research rewrites the story of Arabic literature’s ‘lost century’

BooksOctober 20, 2025
Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah, at the University of Coimbra in Portugal. Photo: Sharjah Book Authority

Sharjah Ruler launches Arabic studies centre at Portuguese university

BooksOctober 05, 2025
Mohammed Mandi, renowned Arabic calligrapher at work, at the Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

Are younger Arabs speaking less Arabic?

CommentOctober 03, 2025

Emirates and Google offer 90% off Arabic e-books for Year of Reading

UAEOctober 10, 2016
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