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Mahfouz materials withdrawn from Sotheby’s auction

Mahfouz materials withdrawn from Sotheby’s auction

The Sotheby's London auction house stopped the auction of a “highly significant” archive of materials by Egyptian Nobel Prize-winning writer…
Asmaa: An HIV patient’s struggle against social stigma in Egypt

Asmaa: An HIV patient’s struggle against social stigma in Egypt

Amr Salama’s latest film “Asmaa” stirred up a lot of hype before it opened in Egyptian movie theaters last week.…
Arab Spring films revive days of revolt in Egypt and Tunisia

Arab Spring films revive days of revolt in Egypt and Tunisia

The first cinematic output covering protests in Egypt and Tunsia this year recreates the euphoria of revolutions that many thought…
In other words: A fresh take on Mahfouz translations

In other words: A fresh take on Mahfouz translations

For years, a complete translation of “The Cairo Trilogy,” Naguib Mahfouz's best-known work, “had been sitting in a closet at…
This year’s Naguib Mahfouz Medal award goes to … you

This year’s Naguib Mahfouz Medal award goes to … you

This year’s Naguib Mahfouz Medal awards ceremony was markedly different from the previous 14. Some of the surprises at the…
Ethnography of the mundane

Ethnography of the mundane

In large part, our lives consist of objects: things we use, arrange, store, consume, and transport from place to place.…
Fishere breaks with his past in ‘Embrace on Brooklyn Bridge’

Fishere breaks with his past in ‘Embrace on Brooklyn Bridge’

Egyptian novelist and ex-diplomat, Ezzedine Choukri Fishere, seems to be taking his literary career to new heights with his latest…
Sotheby’s London to auction Naguib Mahfouz manuscripts

Sotheby’s London to auction Naguib Mahfouz manuscripts

The Sotheby's London auction house announced Thursday that it will offer a major cache of manuscripts by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian…
When pictures aren’t worth 1000 words

When pictures aren’t worth 1000 words

LUXOR — In 1910, French novelist Pierre Loti wrote of the Winter Palace Hotel in Luxor: “The thing that dominates…
Is it broken, or is it art?

Is it broken, or is it art?

Entering the world of online glitch art can feel like stepping into your worst computer nightmare. Error messages, garbled code…
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