contemporary Egyptian literature
Sawiris Foundation announces winners of its Eighth Cultural Prize
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February 3, 2013
Sawiris Foundation announces winners of its Eighth Cultural Prize
The Sawiris Foundation for Social Development announced winners of its Eighth Cultural Prize in a ceremony at the Cairo Opera…
Fishere breaks with his past in ‘Embrace on Brooklyn Bridge’
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December 10, 2011
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
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December 9, 2011
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…
‘Life is More Beautiful than Paradise’ makes its way to the silver screen
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November 2, 2011
‘Life is More Beautiful than Paradise’ makes its way to the silver screen
Khaled al-Berry’s enjoyable and pioneering memoir, “Life is More Beautiful than Paradise,” translated by Humphrey Davies and published in 2009,…
Egyptian wins Harvill Secker prize for translating ‘Gothic Night’
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September 29, 2011
Egyptian wins Harvill Secker prize for translating ‘Gothic Night’
Egyptian actress, writer and editor Wiam al-Tamami was awarded the second annual Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize by the Britishing…
An enchanting world of tales in ‘A Kingdom of Apple Juice’
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September 29, 2011
An enchanting world of tales in ‘A Kingdom of Apple Juice’
A few centuries back, before the spread of writing, an Egyptian narrator would gather people of all ages around him…
‘Araq Motaqati’: A literary experiment
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September 22, 2011
‘Araq Motaqati’: A literary experiment
“Araq Motaqati” (Irregular Insomnia) comes off as a literary experiment, an atypical collection of short stories. Recently published by Dar…
Dreams of city turn into nightmare in ‘A Scene from Cairo’s night’
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September 8, 2011
Dreams of city turn into nightmare in ‘A Scene from Cairo’s night’
Social alienation seems to be the keynote of Mostafa Zaki’s selection of short stories, "Mashhad Min Layl al-Qahira” (A Scene…
‘The Second Book’: Life lessons in an unorthodox fashion
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August 31, 2011
‘The Second Book’: Life lessons in an unorthodox fashion
Dar al-Shorouk recently published "Al-Kitab Al-Thany" (The Second Book) by writer and radio and TV host Ahmed al-Esseily. Offering reflections…
‘The Hashish Waiter’: Freedom and escape in the era of Camp David
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August 28, 2011
‘The Hashish Waiter’: Freedom and escape in the era of Camp David
A number of books that were published decades before the 2011 revolution seem to speak directly to Egypt’s current situation.…