book review

The American Neighborhood is one of the old slums in the city of Tripoli in the northern part of the…

Its essence is in its name: Jadaliyya, stemming from the Arabic word jadal, which means dialectic. Put simply, the word…

Robert Wedderburn’s mother was a slave who was sold by Wedderburn’s father, a Scottish plantation owner, when she was five…

As the Muslim Brotherhood strives to project the image of a moderate and democratic political organization, a book featuring the…

NEW YORK--Eight year-old Mustafa Akyol was looking at a book in his grandfather's library when he saw something that shocked…

The Fall of the Inheritor's Gang (Konouz, 2011) by journalist Hamada Emam discusses the rise of Gamal Mubarak and the…

Dar al-Shorouk recently republished Ahdaf Soueif’s book “Fe Mowagahat al-Madafei: Re’la Felestinia” (“In the Face of Canons: A Palestinian Trip”).…

Well-known Egyptian novelist and intellectual, Alaa Al-Aswany, who caused turmoil among Egyptians after his fiery interview with now-former Prime Minister…

You will not find a better example of Egypt as an Orientalist than in the newly released "Tharthara Ukhra Fawq…

Le Souffle du Jasmin (The Breath of the Jasmine) is Egyptian novelist Gilbert Sinoué latest literary work. The book constitutes…