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Egypt, UAE, KSA to build world’s largest digital library

Egypt, UAE, KSA to build world’s largest digital library

Egypt will cooperate with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to build the largest…
“World’s largest book sale” comes to Middle East at giant hangar in Dubai

“World’s largest book sale” comes to Middle East at giant hangar in Dubai

DUBAI (Reuters) – A gargantuan touring book sale that touts itself as the world’s largest is making its first stop…
World leaders ignore rights in China: censored author Yan

World leaders ignore rights in China: censored author Yan

  Chinese author Yan Lianke, whose works are banned in his heavily censored homeland, has urged world leaders not to…
Cairo International Book Fair kicks off

Cairo International Book Fair kicks off

Egypt Culture Minister Enas Abdel Dayem and her Algerian counterpart Izzzedin Mayhoubi inaugurated on Saturday the 49th Cairo International Book…
YouTubers share recommendations for Cairo Book Fair

YouTubers share recommendations for Cairo Book Fair

In a compact room, no more than three square meters in size, with a backdrop of walls covered plastered by…
Cairo International Book Fair to kick off on January 27

Cairo International Book Fair to kick off on January 27

Books in Egypt are often difficult to find, and if you do find them, they tend to be quite expensive.…
Cairo International Book Fair to launch January 26

Cairo International Book Fair to launch January 26

The 49th Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) will open its doors to bookworms on January 26 and run until February 10…
George Saunders is bookies’ favorite for Man Booker prize

George Saunders is bookies’ favorite for Man Booker prize

American author George Saunders is the bookmakers’ favorite to win the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction with his novel…
Japanese roots of Nobel winner Kazuo Ishiguro celebrated

Japanese roots of Nobel winner Kazuo Ishiguro celebrated

His kindergarten teacher recalls Kazuo Ishiguro as a quiet boy who liked to read books. The British writer left Japan…
Jesmyn Ward among finalists for National Book Awards

Jesmyn Ward among finalists for National Book Awards

Jesmyn Ward, Masha Gessen and Frances Fitzgerald are among this year’s finalists for the National Book Awards. On Wednesday, the…
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