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Twilight : Of vampires, college and teen werewolves

Twilight : Of vampires, college and teen werewolves

In August of 2008, I was assigned to cover a midday book release party at a chain bookstore in Manhattan.…
Munira’s Bottle…insight into the heart of Saudi

Munira’s Bottle…insight into the heart of Saudi

Munira, a woman with captivating and seductive eyes, falls into the trap of Ali al-Dahhal, an impostor who carefully weaves…
Amina Rachid: A woman from Egypt

Amina Rachid: A woman from Egypt

Amina Rachid, the critic, university professor and writer who was always faced difficult choices prefers to work quietly away from…
Scientology rears head in Egypt’s bookstores

Scientology rears head in Egypt’s bookstores

Books penned by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard are not a common sight in Egypt. Recently, however, Arabic-language…
Badei Kheiry: A legendary poet

Badei Kheiry: A legendary poet

After years of intensive work, Nabil Bahgat, a professor of Arabic theater at Helwan University and director of the Beit…
History on the Nile

History on the Nile

With its publication of the sixth and final volume of Taqweem el-Nil, or "History written by the Nile," by Amin…
Drumbeat: Tales from the Gulf’s back end

Drumbeat: Tales from the Gulf’s back end

There are over a quarter of a million Egyptian immigrants working in the United Arab Emirates today--or rather, that is…
9/11 prompts a flood of books on the Middle East

9/11 prompts a flood of books on the Middle East

The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 have reshaped the world, not in terms of geography, but rather in terms…
Magdy Mehana: Pushing the envelope

Magdy Mehana: Pushing the envelope

Last month, Al-Masry Al-Youm published Fel Mamnoo ("Forbidden"), a collection of articles written by the late journalist and television presenter…
Farah Pahlavi & the Shah: Enduring love

Farah Pahlavi & the Shah: Enduring love

Extracts from An Enduring Love written by Farah Pahlavi and published by Miramax books.
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