Books
Adieu to Khairy Shalaby
September 16, 2011
Adieu to Khairy Shalaby
Last Friday, 9 September, or the Friday of “Correcting the Path of the Revolution,” was a day full of events.…
The first Arab Book Fair opens at the Gezira Garden
September 8, 2011
The first Arab Book Fair opens at the Gezira Garden
The first Arab Book Fair opened on Thursday morning at the Cairo Opera House's Gezira Garden, with Cairo Governor Abdel…
Dreams of city turn into nightmare in ‘A Scene from Cairo’s night’
September 8, 2011
Dreams of city turn into nightmare in ‘A Scene from Cairo’s night’
Social alienation seems to be the keynote of Mostafa Zaki’s selection of short stories, "Mashhad Min Layl al-Qahira” (A Scene…
In the Presence of Absence: Mahmoud Darwish’s farewell to language
September 5, 2011
In the Presence of Absence: Mahmoud Darwish’s farewell to language
Mahmoud Darwish wrote “In the Presence of Absence” near the end of his complex, rich, and engaged life. Palestine’s national…
‘The Second Book’: Life lessons in an unorthodox fashion
August 31, 2011
‘The Second Book’: Life lessons in an unorthodox fashion
Dar al-Shorouk recently published "Al-Kitab Al-Thany" (The Second Book) by writer and radio and TV host Ahmed al-Esseily. Offering reflections…
On an Eid anniversary, Mahfouz’s final gifts
August 30, 2011
On an Eid anniversary, Mahfouz’s final gifts
Nobody feels the joy of the Eid as much as children, and when we were children, we could hardly…
‘The Hashish Waiter’: Freedom and escape in the era of Camp David
August 28, 2011
‘The Hashish Waiter’: Freedom and escape in the era of Camp David
A number of books that were published decades before the 2011 revolution seem to speak directly to Egypt’s current situation.…
Q&A with Sonallah Ibrahim
August 27, 2011
Q&A with Sonallah Ibrahim
“To pick my name... I was told my father opened a random page in the holy Koran and moved his…
New life for new Libyan literature
August 25, 2011
New life for new Libyan literature
As Muammar Qadhafi’s four-decade dictatorship comes to an end, Libyan authors have been sharing their joy and relief online, anticipating…
5 books on: Views of Islamism in Egypt
August 21, 2011
5 books on: Views of Islamism in Egypt
If you piled up all the books that feature one-dimensional Islamist characters, you would have a veritable mountain of thrillers,…