Adania Shibli

Palestinian writer · Writers · Born 1974 · age 52

Adania Shibli is read about 115 times a day, in 19 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to September 25, 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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Adania Shibli is a Palestinian author and essayist. She is mainly known for her 2017 novel Minor Detail, which became the subject of public controversy in Germany following the cancellation of a literary prize for this book, originally scheduled for the 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair.

A life in dates

2021“There was a certain period of time a person could either be inside or outside of Palestine. But now our being is always mingled with so many places at the same time.”In their wordsInterview (2020)Read the whole statement

“Differences between people are used to commit injustice - that was an early lesson about racism.”In their wordsInterview (2020)Read the whole statement

“If you are listening, it becomes so natural that you care, and you create a connection of care toward others that is not limited to the borders of the nation-state”In their wordsInterview (2020)Read the whole statement

“this landscape has an alliance with language; they exist together and actually can haunt you, despite any attempt at their erasure.”In their wordsInterview (2020)Read the whole statement

“I am for polyphony: there can be many, many different languages.”In their wordsInterview (2020)Read the whole statement

2020“I only write fiction in Arabic because this language is a witch - an amazing, funny, crazy, generous, and forgiving witch. It has allowed me everything.”In their wordsInterview (2020)Read the whole statement

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Worldwide Reading for Ashraf Fayadh on 14 January 2016 at Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin. Shibli appears second from the right.

In their own words 10

Adania Shibli

10 statements, newest first

I’m open to where life leads me.
2021, Interview (2020), Own words
There was a certain period of time a person could either be inside or outside of Palestine. But now our being is always mingled with so many places at the same time.
2021, Interview (2020), Own words
In the last twenty years, the separation between Palestinians and Israelis has become much more severe than before. You feel the inequality.
2021, Interview (2020), Own words