Tunisian publisher Habib Zoghbi, owner of the Dar Al-Kitab book publishing house, has announced that Dar Al-Kitab will take charge of all the works of Palestinian writer Adania Shibli, to ensure their publication and distribution in all countries of the world and at Arab and international fairs, as a sign of solidarity with the right of visibility for Palestinian voices.
This decision comes after the Frankfurt Book Fair cancelled the "LiBeraturpreis" award ceremony for Adania Shibli's novel "Minor Detail", scheduled for 20 October 2023. This prompted indignation from several bodies and institutions and prompted Arab publishing houses to boycott the 75th edition of the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany, led by the Union of Arab Publishers and the Union of Tunisian Writers.
The prize was awarded for the German translation of her novel Minor Detail, which tells the story of a Palestinian Bedouin woman raped by Israeli soldiers in 1949.
Photo: Palestinian author Adania Shibli. Photo Hartwig Klappert