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Over the past half century, prolific writer Anis Mansour established his name among those of the nation’s key cultural figures.

Book censorship in Egypt is alive and well and may signal trouble for the country’s fledgling democracy. It serves as…

Five days have passed since the opening of the Faisal Book Fair with the absence of several major publishing houses,…

The General Egyptian Book Organization (GEBO) on Sunday announced the opening of the first Ramadan Book Fair. Scheduled for 5…

Egyptian schoolchildren worked especially hard this year. Now that it’s summer, they deserve to relax and have fun. But that…

“The base of all life is the wild nature inherent in its space […] if this base is threatened then…

Discussions of Muslim-Coptic relations have been riding the post-25 January swing of hope, denial and despair. In one moment, Muslims…

Hisham Matar’s Anatomy of a Disappearance has an air of tea-service fragility. The Libyan-British author’s second novel - following his…

Since the revolution, many books have been published on former President Hosni Mubarak, his son Gamal, and their entourage. Everyday,…

Saudi writer Zeinab Hefny published her latest book, “A Cushion for Your Love” earlier this year with Dar al-Saqi in…