`Beirut39' is a Hay Festival project which aims to select and celebrate 39 of the best young Arab writers as a centrepiece of the Beirut World Capital festivities in April 2010. Following the successf
Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct location within the
An exciting collection of the best new writing from the Arab world, by thirty-nine writers under thirty-nine. Beirut is the 2009 World Book Capital, as designated by UNESCO, and at the center of the
