Books
Culture Palaces issue 5,000 copies of Hamdan’s ‘Personality of Egypt’
June 25, 2012
Culture Palaces issue 5,000 copies of Hamdan’s ‘Personality of Egypt’
The General Authority of Culture Palaces, headed by Poet Saad Abdel Rahman, will issue a popular edition of deceased Geographer…
Telling a Tehrani story
June 24, 2012
Telling a Tehrani story
"Zahra’s Paradise," a graphic novel released last September, was inspired by the energy and hope of the 2009 Iranian…
Copy, right?
June 21, 2012
Copy, right?
Copyright, as first envisioned, was a way to balance the rights of authors with the rights of their audiences.…
Lucid change
June 17, 2012
Lucid change
Books of every genre colored the library of novelist Alaa El Deeb, but what immediately caught my attention as…
In other words: Translating Egypt’s revolution
June 11, 2012
In other words: Translating Egypt’s revolution
For Samia Mehrez, “Translating Egypt’s Revolution: The Language of Tahrir” is not a project that could be begun now. Most…
Vatican criticizes prominent US nun’s book on sexuality
June 4, 2012
Vatican criticizes prominent US nun’s book on sexuality
The Vatican has sharply criticized a book on sexuality written by a prominent American nun, saying she has a “defective…
Defining (a Lebanese) woman: Alexandra Chrieteh’s ‘Always Coca-Cola’
June 3, 2012
Defining (a Lebanese) woman: Alexandra Chrieteh’s ‘Always Coca-Cola’
How can a young Lebanese woman define — and defend — the borders of her body, as external forces push…
Culture minister’s first decision in office sparks protests
May 31, 2012
Culture minister’s first decision in office sparks protests
Despite two weeks of ongoing protests at the country’s main public library and 15 employees at the organization going on…
Conversations about Cairo, from the virtual world into the city
May 23, 2012
Conversations about Cairo, from the virtual world into the city
We live in Cairo. We live Cairo. We walk it, drive it, breathe it, choke on it. Sometimes if we…
In other words: Why is Mutanabbi so rarely translated into English?
May 22, 2012
In other words: Why is Mutanabbi so rarely translated into English?
“Give me verse like that, give me a poet like Abu Tayeb al-Mutanabbi, and I’ll go with you to the…