An analysis and opinion piece on the uprisings in Egypt by Ahmed Zidan editor of MidEast Youth   It’s still too early to conclude the turmoil unfolding in Egypt right now; because the full insights are not yet complete, but I’ll try to point out to some facts in addition to my own analysis of [...]

The eighth Sauti za Busara (Sounds of Wisdom) music festival in Zanzibar, Tanzania, will take place from Wednesday 9th to Sunday 13th February next year. The popular festival draws established and up-and-coming musicians from countries across the continent: around thirty of the forty acts performing are from Tanzania or other east African countries while the rest [...]

The Brown Graduate Program in Literary Arts and the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies are currently seeking applications and nominations for their 2011 – 2012 International Writers Project Fellowship. The IWP Fellowship is open to established creative writers (fiction writers, poets, or playwrights) who are persecuted in their home countries or who are [...]

Born Radical Date:18 November Venue:Brighton Dome, Church Street, Brighton Time:7.30pm Tel: 01273 709709 Tickets: £12.00 (£10.00 concessions) http://www.brightondome.org/showdatescombo.aspx Clare Short talks to Nawal El Saadawi about her novels, non-fiction books and issues that the Egyptian feminist and activist has fought for all her life. A powerful meeting of two giants from literature and politics.

17 November Venue:Barbican Library Silk St, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DS Time:7.30pmTickets: £8.00 (£6.00 concessions) available from the Barbican Centre Box O ffice on 020 7638 8891 or online at www.barbican.org.uk SABLE editors and contributors discuss a selection of Nawal el Saadawi’s work with her including Leone Ross, SA BLE’s first fiction editor and Marsha Lowe, [...]