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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ananke Women in Literature Festival Evolves into Ananke Literature Festival for its 7th Edition Global South — April 22, 2026 — Ananke, India’s celebrated literature platform, announces its 7th annual festival, now rebranded as Ananke Literature Festival. The festival will take place fully online later this...
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Six months after the ceasefire, and as regional developments shift global attention, UN Women warns that women and girls in Gaza remain at critical risk, calling for adherence to the ceasefire, international law, and the protection of women and girls, alongside unimpeded humanitarian assistance at scale ...
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This interview has been previously published in Ananke’s Special Edition “Voices 2026” Sinan Antoon is an acclaimed Iraqi poet, novelist, scholar, and translator. Born and raised in Baghdad, he moved to the United States following the 1991 Gulf War, eventually earning a doctorate in Arabic Literature from Harvard in...
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Editorial Note: Republished from the original AnankeWLF site. Stay tuned for our new website and upcoming details on the Ananke Literature Festival. Born in 1965 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Myriam Tadessé has lived in Paris since 1978. She studied theatre, philosophy, dance, music, and internal martial arts. An actress...
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Editorial Note: Republishing Review of Naveen Kishore’s Book of Poetry Knotted Grief from old AnankeWLF website. New website and information about Ananke Literature Festival Coming Soon. Meditative pauses, abrupt halts, soulful variations, and metaphoric juxtapositions weave the lilting fabric of lyricism that makes up Knotted Grief. More than a book...
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The car crash in a Paris tunnel. The fallout. The updates. I remember only Cartoon Network being unaffected. I sat in my pyjamas with a bowl of Shreddies and watched Cow and Chicken. Gran had just had the carpets washed, so when the second plane hit I was removing...
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Dubai, UAE: Dubai-based publisher, The Dreamwork Collective, has launched a powerful new novel confronting the complexities of adult friendship against the backdrop of childhood trauma. Written by acclaimed author, Safinah Danish Elahi, Chasing Shadows in Borrowed Light, explores how the past can continue to shape lives, long after relationships...
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Pakistani novelist Faiqa Mansab has reached an exciting international milestone, with the Italian rights to her novel The Sufi Storyteller officially acquired by Newton Compton Editori, a prominent name in Europe’s publishing industry. Established in 1969 in Rome, Newton Compton Editori has grown from producing affordable editions of classic...