Books
‘Ma’sat Madam Fahmy’ revisits a tragic affair
February 16, 2012
‘Ma’sat Madam Fahmy’ revisits a tragic affair
The tragedy of Madam Margaret Fahmy — or Mounira Fahmy as she later named herself — has been told before.…
A shy marketer with a mission
February 12, 2012
A shy marketer with a mission
A handful of minor international celebrities have risen out of the uprising that heaved through the country a year ago,…
As Cairo Book Fair closes, publishers reflect on their experience in a ‘revolutionary’ fair
February 7, 2012
As Cairo Book Fair closes, publishers reflect on their experience in a ‘revolutionary’ fair
From the outset, the 43rd Cairo International Book Fair was surrounded by controversy. The government called for postponing it due…
A walk through the Cairo Book Fair
February 5, 2012
A walk through the Cairo Book Fair
There is an ad-hoc quality to this year's Cairo International Book Fair, as if it had been thrown together…
‘The Ultras Book’: Ethnography of an unusual crowd
February 2, 2012
‘The Ultras Book’: Ethnography of an unusual crowd
The violent clashes on Wednesday after a football game between the Ahly and Masry teams in Port Said have brought…
In other words: Spotlight on Banipal Prize awardee Barbara Romaine
January 31, 2012
In other words: Spotlight on Banipal Prize awardee Barbara Romaine
Next week, the winners of the annual Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation will be celebrated in London. When the…
‘A Muslim Suicide’: Literature in the tradition of Islamic art
January 29, 2012
‘A Muslim Suicide’: Literature in the tradition of Islamic art
The title of Bensalem Himmich's 2008 novel, "Haza al-Andalusi!" ("This Andalusian!"), is as subdued in Arabic as it is attention-grabbing…
Blog: Trapped within the walls of the Mubarak regime
January 25, 2012
Blog: Trapped within the walls of the Mubarak regime
A young man with a brush painting the Egyptian flag and writing the revolution's slogans on the walls was one…
One year into the revolution, revisiting ‘Policing and Prisons in the Middle East’
January 24, 2012
One year into the revolution, revisiting ‘Policing and Prisons in the Middle East’
As the revolution's first-year anniversary approaches on 25 January, a national holiday that usually commemorates Police Day, a book on…
Festival reading of Salman Rushdie’s novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ stirs anger in India
January 21, 2012
Festival reading of Salman Rushdie’s novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ stirs anger in India
Muslim activists in India on Saturday said they would lodge a complaint with police after Salman Rushdie's novel "The Satanic…