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NONFICTION: The times, if not the life, of the first Black American poet.

Growing numbers of women in UK are joining forces with friends to run independent bookshops

Latest updates from the UK and across the globe as 2,000 women protest in Lahore and Ireland announces gender equality referendum

Dar Al Mada Publishing released a new study on the “One Thousand and One Nights” novel by Dr. Mohsen Mahdi. According to the publishing house, the story of the book does not actually span over 1,001 nights, and the transcribers were behind stretching the original story. Researcher Mohsen Mahdi started…

Low-budget take on the evergreen tale already feels overshadowed by the grand French retelling due next door

Norena Shopland is a leading historian specialising in LGBTQ+ history, but she said women were often forgotten in texts on the past

Today is international women’s day (IWD), when the world celebrates female achievement

The FBI finds itself in a challenging moment as it conducts simultaneous investigations involving classified documents held by former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden

Social media 'having negative effect' on students’ willingness to read for pleasure