Novelist

Secular novelist accuses Salafis of attacking his home
Egypt

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

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…
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