ICESCO discusses renewal of the novel and announces poetry winners

ICESCO held a Rabat symposium on storytelling and language during World Novel Week on 19 October 2026, QNA reported.

Writers and critics from several countries participated, and winners of the second Cities of Poems competition were announced. Discussions explored narrative renewal, relationships with heritage and contemporary life, and the role of newer technologies in expanding literary expression.

Books at a documentation activity, illustrating reading and publishing rather than the ICESCO symposium.

Source: qna.org.qa.

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