Books
Writing, teaching, living: Egyptian novelist Radwa Ashour
March 18, 2011
Writing, teaching, living: Egyptian novelist Radwa Ashour
Celebrated author Radwa Ashour, whose Granada trilogy was voted one of the top 100 literary works by the Arab Writers…
Egyptian wins children’s literature prize
March 18, 2011
Egyptian wins children’s literature prize
Egyptian media figure Afaf Tabbalah recently won the Sheikh Zayed Children's Literature award.
Azbakeya Book Fair picks up where Cairo Book Fair left off
March 14, 2011
Azbakeya Book Fair picks up where Cairo Book Fair left off
When the Cairo International Book Fair became a casualty of the revolution, the book merchants of Azbakeya Market decided to…
Egypt’s female authors write history, and their future
March 8, 2011
Egypt’s female authors write history, and their future
Modern Egyptian feminism has taken many forms: religious and secular, public and private. One strand was born during the nationalist…
Book Review: Succession, revolution, and sexual harassment
March 5, 2011
Book Review: Succession, revolution, and sexual harassment
Well-known Egyptian novelist and intellectual, Alaa Al-Aswany, who caused turmoil among Egyptians after his fiery interview with now-former Prime Minister…
Book review: ‘Twentieth-Century Egyptian Art: The Private Collection of Sherwet Shafei’
March 3, 2011
Book review: ‘Twentieth-Century Egyptian Art: The Private Collection of Sherwet Shafei’
Eighty-seven-year-old Herbert Vogel and his wife Dorothy are a retired post office clerk and librarian with a massive collection of…
Acclaimed novelist praises revolution, blasts regime holdovers at book-signing
February 21, 2011
Acclaimed novelist praises revolution, blasts regime holdovers at book-signing
On Sunday evening, a crowd of about one hundred expatriates, foreign journalists and Anglophone Egyptians congregated between the bookshelves of…
Andree Chedid: A literary bridge between East and West
February 20, 2011
Andree Chedid: A literary bridge between East and West
On 6 February, as Tahrir Square resonated with freedom chants and democracy demands, the French-Lebanese poet and novelist Andree Chedid…
One book fair closes, another one opens
February 19, 2011
One book fair closes, another one opens
Egyptian publishers potentially had much to mourn after the Publishers Association announced on Wednesday that the 43rd Cairo International Book…
Book Review: Predicting the revolution
February 14, 2011
Book Review: Predicting the revolution
The revolution opened the door to countless possibilities for Egypt and its people. One of those doors is literature. No…