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Farah Pahlavi & the Shah: Enduring love
08 Mar 2010
Extracts from An Enduring Love written by Farah Pahlavi and published by Miramax books.
It had been snowing. The piercing wind sweeping down from the peaks of the Alborz made crystalline flakes swirl up in the dawn light. The night had...
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Gaza Graffiti: Of love and politics
04 Mar 2010
In her latest work, "Graffiti in Gaza: Messages of Love and Politics," Swedish journalist and photographer Mia Grondahl documents the plethora of graffiti adorning the streets of the Gaza Strip. The book was published by the...
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IDSC: 88% of Egyptian families uninterested in reading
02 Mar 2010
A report by the Egyptian Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) revealed that 88 percent of Egyptian families are not interested in reading anything other than school books. Researchers attributed the lack of interest in...
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Nostalgic Migration
28 Feb 2010
In commemoration of Sudanese novelist and columnist Tayeb Salih’s death a year ago, the Supreme Council for Culture held a one-day seminar last Monday on various aspects of his work, as well as his character and influence on Arab and...
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A literary treasure ignored
26 Feb 2010
As Bahaa Taher flips through a yellowed copy of one of his earlier novels, handed to him by a fan eager for an autograph, a frown crosses the acclaimed author’s face. “This book is missing several chapters,” he mumbles in...
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'I Did Not Know Peacocks Could Fly'
26 Feb 2010
Imported dogs, useless cats, and flying peacocks are all featured in acclaimed Egyptian author Bahaa Taher’s newest collection of short stories, “I Did Not Know Peacocks Could Fly.” The book marks Taher’s return to...
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Abu Golayyel: Wrestling with identity
23 Feb 2010
Novelist Hamdi Abu Golayyel hails from a Bedouin village in the Fayoum area of Middle Egypt. His ancestors settled there in the first half of the 19th century, in the time of Egyptian Khedive Muhammad Ali, after emigrating from Libya. The...
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'Donkey Flu' ponders the Egypt of tomorrow
14 Feb 2010
In an exclusive gathering at downtown Cairo's Greek Club on Monday, writer Amal Sedik Afifi celebrated the launch of her latest book, ‘Influenza el-Hemeer,’ or 'Donkey Flu.' A social and political satire, the book tells the...
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Crossing the language divide
11 Feb 2010
What first drew him to the translation profession, says Humphrey Davies, was the fact that it was “a way of learning, of putting oneself in others’ shoes.” His numerous and acclaimed translations include Alaa Al Aswany...
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Zaman Gameel Mada ("Good Old Times")
07 Feb 2010
In his latest book, writer Gaber Asfour travels back in time to his early youth, steering clear for the most part of the theorizing and critical analysis that have been distinguishing features of his work for more than forty years. In...
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