The Latest Breaking News from Omar Sakr

Seeking to dismiss a judge for being passionate about a cause pertaining to the safety and liberation of her people reeks of a desperation to silence a critical voice

Prominent authors have signed a letter to the State Library of Victoria, protesting against the postponement of teen writing workshops by pro-Palestine writers.

What do the LGBTQIA+ letters stand for – and what does it mean to identify with one (or more) of them? The Drum asked three people about their identity and why it is important to them.

They grew up without queer role models but now these two debut novelists turn to fiction – and to bisexual protagonists – to address complex personal and political histories.

Review: Son of Byblos, directed by Anna Jahjah for Brave New World Theatre Company

Son of Sin, the debut novel from writer and poet Omar Sakr, tells the tale of Jamal Smith, a young Arab-Australian growing up in Western Sydney. Sakr’s two poetry collections, These Wild Houses (2017) and The Lost Arabs (2019), were widely admired, and the latter won the 2020 Prime Minister’s…

Revisiting ‘terrifying and traumatising’ moments from his own life, the poet’s debut novel Son of Sin explores a young man’s sexual awakening in a conservative migrant community

A sexual awakening underscores bigger tensions – of faith, racism, tradition and shame – in a tender and candid first novel from the prize-winning poet