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Navigating the space between American readers and Iraqi writers
24 Feb 2013
The book about Iraq most well-known to English readers is perhaps Chris Kyle’s best-selling “American Sniper,” a memoir told from behind the barrel of a gun. Other popular English books set in Iraq have been written...
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The pick: Vast knowledge from a rubbish heap, and other surprises
22 Feb 2013
Indian author Amitav Ghosh wrote “In an Antique Land” in 1992. It has two parallel narratives, one about his stay in a village in Egypt’s Delta in the early 1980s, the other on his detective work following 12th-century...
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Mark Linz, a ‘champion of Egyptian and Arab authors’
19 Feb 2013
In the early morning hours of Saturday 9 February, the publishing world lost one of its great literary champions.
That is when Werner Mark Linz, long-time director of the American University in Cairo Press, died peacefully after a struggle...
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina to send Arabic books to Somalia
17 Feb 2013
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina announced that Somalia is receiving the first batch of Arabic publications to support its national library and the University of Mogadishu library during an upcoming book fair, as part of a joint Egyptian-Arab...
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Libya at the Cairo Book Fair
10 Feb 2013
Perhaps 2013 was not the best year to be guest of honor at the Cairo International Book Fair. Although the fair's 44th edition was extended by four days, from 5 February to 9 February, so that publishers could try to make up sales that...
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Cairo Book Fair prizes announced
06 Feb 2013
Ahmed Megahed, head of the General Egyptian Book Organization, announced on Tuesday the winners of the 44th Cairo International Book Fair prizes. The awards recognize the best 10 books published in 2012 in the fields of politics, fiction (...
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Sawiris Foundation announces winners of its Eighth Cultural Prize
03 Feb 2013
The Sawiris Foundation for Social Development announced winners of its Eighth Cultural Prize in a ceremony at the Cairo Opera House Saturday evening. The jury received 446 submissions this year across the different categories: 105 novels,...
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Author Gamal al-Banna dies aged 93
30 Jan 2013
Author Gamal al-Banna died Wednesday at age 93 after receiving treatment at a Cairo hospital for pneumonia.
Born in 1920, he was the younger brother of Hassan al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, a group whose policies he...
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The pick: ‘Alif the Unseen’
29 Jan 2013
Readers often ask why no Arab or Muslim authors are writing books like the “Harry Potter” or “Narnia” series. Now, there is a new fantasy novel to compete with these: “Alif the Unseen.”
G. Willow Wilson...
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Open books: A local book swap initiative brings literature to the masses
27 Jan 2013
Mohamed Reda, a professional driver by day and musician by night, can distinctly remember the first time he came across the “Change Your Book” initiative on the streets of Greater Cairo’s Shubra al-Kheima neighborhood....
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