Novelist
Secular novelist accuses Salafis of attacking his home
Egypt
June 15, 2011
Secular novelist accuses Salafis of attacking his home
Novelist Alaa Hamed, representative of the Egyptian Secular Party, accused Salafi leaders of destroying the fence around his house with…
Tributes and outrage: Behind the ‘Booker’
Books
May 6, 2010
Tributes and outrage: Behind the ‘Booker’
Fifty-year-old scholar Youssef Zidan's controversial novel Azazeel (The Devil) clinched the Arabic world’s top literary prize – the Arabic Booker…