Books
Ahdaf Soueif: Reading Arabic into the English
April 29, 2010
Ahdaf Soueif: Reading Arabic into the English
Novelist and essayist Ahdaf Soueif is commonly known as the Egyptian author who writes in English. Curiosities about being a…
At Zahrat al-Bustan
April 28, 2010
At Zahrat al-Bustan
Zahrat al-Bustan (The Garden Flower, Merit 2010), by Khaled Ismail, the most prodigious writer of his generation, shares its name…
Gar el-nabi’s scent
April 28, 2010
Gar el-nabi’s scent
Etr Qadeem (An Old Scent) is novelist Gar el-Nabi el-Helw's tenth book. Melancholic and nostalgic, this novel touches upon the…
Q&A with Nelson DeMille: All the lion games
April 27, 2010
Q&A with Nelson DeMille: All the lion games
Over the past 30 years, American novelist Nelson DeMille has written 15 novels all of which were best sellers and…
Glimpses of Mohamed Saleh’s life
April 26, 2010
Glimpses of Mohamed Saleh’s life
The latest collection of 19 poems titled La Shayaa Yadol ("Nothing Tells") from the late poet Mohamed Saleh was only…
Weekly International Book Digest
April 26, 2010
Weekly International Book Digest
Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes by Victoria Clark (Yale, 2010)
Regulating freedom of expression
April 22, 2010
Regulating freedom of expression
In April 2008 Egypt’s first “graphic comic book" - Metro - was pulled off of Cairo’s bookshelves upon the orders…
Signposts to the soul
April 19, 2010
Signposts to the soul
Signposts to Elsewhere (Jane Street Press, 2009) by Egyptian-Lebanese writer Yahia Lababidi, is a journey into the soul, life, and…
Laylat Safar: Two faiths, one fate
April 19, 2010
Laylat Safar: Two faiths, one fate
Laylat Safar ('Departure Night') is Mohamed Nagui's seventh novel since 1994, published by Dar al-Hilal shortly before its author went…
Weekly Review Digest
April 19, 2010
Weekly Review Digest
A look at this week’s books of interest, reviewed around the world:Oprah by Kitty Kelley (Crown Publishers, 2010).