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World leaders ignore rights in China: censored author Yan
Culture
August 29, 2018
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…
Egyptian Novelist Nawal al-Saadawi may be charged with contempt of religion
Egypt
July 11, 2018
Egyptian Novelist Nawal al-Saadawi may be charged with contempt of religion
Egyptian lawyer Samir Sabry filed a complain on Tuesday to the Prosecutor General against acclaimed feminist author Nawal al-Saadawi,…
Egyptian contemporary Novelist Ahmed Tawfik dies at 55
Culture
April 3, 2018
Egyptian contemporary Novelist Ahmed Tawfik dies at 55
The renowned Egyptian author Ahmed Khaled Tawfik died on Monday at 55 after suffering from a long-term illness. He leaves…
Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel dies at 87
World
July 3, 2016
Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel dies at 87
Activist and writer Elie Wiesel, the World War Two death camp survivor who won a Nobel Peace Prize for becoming…
Intellectuals to ‘burn’ literary works in protest at novelist’s jail sentence
Books
February 21, 2016
Intellectuals to ‘burn’ literary works in protest at novelist’s jail sentence
Authors are planning to “burn” their literary works in protest at the two-year jail sentence handed to author Ahmed Naji…
Author, communist figure Khalil Kalfat dies at 74
Art news
November 10, 2015
Author, communist figure Khalil Kalfat dies at 74
Prominent translator, art critic and leftist figure Khalil Kalfat passed away on Monday, at the age of 74. Born in 1941…
Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell dies at age 67: publisher
World
October 5, 2015
Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell dies at age 67: publisher
Bestselling Swedish crime writer Henning Mankel, whose most famous creation was the detective Kurt Wallander, died overnight at the age…
Famous playwright Ali Salem dies at 79
Egypt
September 22, 2015
Famous playwright Ali Salem dies at 79
Author Ali Salem, a vocal supporter for the normalization of relations between Egypt and Israel, died at the age of…
Youssef Ziedan slams IS execution of Syrian archaeologist
Culture
August 19, 2015
Youssef Ziedan slams IS execution of Syrian archaeologist
Renowned Egyptian scholar Youssef Ziedan has lambasted the self-proclaimed “Islamic State” in Syria for beheading Syria's eldery former chief of…
Remembering Mohamed Nagy, an author of literary prominence
Opinion
March 4, 2015
Remembering Mohamed Nagy, an author of literary prominence
Last November, renowned author Mohamed Nagy left our world at 67, just as quietly as innovators do while we are…