Items related to Egyptian literature

An unholy trinity: Leading journalist’s latest novel navigates religion, media and state security
Asmaa Abdallah 08 Jan 2013
If you’ve ever watched Ibrahim Eissa’s political talk show on television, then you would know what to...
Judge Ashraf El-Ashmawi's second literary venture, "Toya" (2012), has been nominated on the International Prize for Arabic Fiction long list.
'Toya': A Disneysque fairytale by Judge Ashraf el-Ashmawi
Asmaa Abdallah 23 Dec 2012
“Toya,” one of the three Egyptian novels on the 2013 International Prize for Arab Fiction long list, is a...
'Year of the Dragon' novel explores the underworld of Egyptian bureaucracy
Amir Zaky 29 Nov 2012
Egyptian novelist Mohamed Rabie comes off very shy compared to the daring topics he delves into in “The Year of...
A young Egyptian writer retires
Amir Zaky 19 Jul 2012
Kareem al-Sayyad, a 31-year old Egyptian writer, recently announced his retirement through a Facebook event, saying...
Dar Merit Publishing released the short story collection, "The Small and the Current," by Muhammed Aladdin in 2012.
A story of new writing
Ola El-Saket 05 Jul 2012
The feeling author Muhammed Aladdin offers his readers in his latest collection of 23 short stories, “The Small...
"The Seven Skies," a travelogue by Egyptian writer and journalist Saad al-Kersh
Traveling under ‘The Seven Skies’
Ola El-Saket 29 Feb 2012
“He who passes place and time lightly, Doesn’t let place enslave him, or time waste him” (From...
Ahdaf Soueif’s “Cairo: My City, Our Revolution” is an addition to the blossoming genre of “revolution diary” literature. It is also a challenge to the genre, a scuffling of it.
Soueif’s ‘Cairo: My City’ spins stories within stories to keep a revolution alive
M. Lynx Qualey 26 Feb 2012
  Ahdaf Soueif’s “Cairo: My City, Our Revolution” is an addition to the blossoming genre of...
"Chaos of the Senses" by Algerian novelist Ahlam Mosteghanemi
In other words: Trust your translator?
M. Lynx Qualey 25 Oct 2011
Egyptian novelist Bahaa Taher made headlines last year when he filed a suit against the American University in Cairo (...
  Yusuf al-Qa'id's acclaimed novel, “War in the Land of Egypt,” was set during the brief October 1973 war and published in Lebanon in 1978, just before the signing of the Camp David Accords.
Remembering 1973: Who fought this ‘War in the Land of Egypt’?
M. Lynx Qualey 06 Oct 2011
Yusuf al-Qa'id's acclaimed novel, “War in the Land of Egypt,” was set during the brief October 1973...
Waguih Ghali's 1964 novel "Beer in the Snooker Club"
Revisiting 'Beer in the Snooker Club' in revolutionary times
Helen Stuhr-Rommereim 24 Jul 2011
Waguih Ghali’s 1964 semi-autobiographical novel “Beer in the Snooker Club” is an idiosyncratic piece...