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"Don’t imagine that people obey a ruler merely because he’s wise…"

“To exist is to resist”—a theme heavily echoed throughout William Parry’s provocative book, “Against the Wall: The Art of Resistance…

In a new series called "World culture," the Al-Masry Al-Youm culture staff reviews the week’s best, worst, and biggest in…

In recent years, book vending booths and bookstore shelves have become crowded with cynical titles that carry the president’s name…

The airing of a TV series showing the life of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna has fueled a surge in…

A senior Culture Ministry official on Wednesday said that Egypt planned to invite Algeria to participate in the Cairo International…

Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern Indiaby William Dalrymple (Alfred A. Knopf, 2010) Broadcaster and travel writer…

Doctors usually have a lot of interesting stories to tell about their patients. And when it comes to high profile…

The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives by Gilbert Achcar (Metropolitan, 2010)

The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris by Peter Beinart (Harper/HarperCollins Publishers 2010)