literature

Exploring Cairo’s literary streets
Books

Exploring Cairo’s literary streets

We all learn about cities through fiction, from the experiences of the stories' narrators and protagonists. Even when we live…
Supreme Council of Culture announces winners of state awards
Books

Supreme Council of Culture announces winners of state awards

The Supreme Council of Culture convened on Saturday to vote on winners of the annual State Cultural Awards.
In other words: Why is Mutanabbi so rarely translated into English?
Books

In other words: Why is Mutanabbi so rarely translated into English?

“Give me verse like that, give me a poet like Abu Tayeb al-Mutanabbi, and I’ll go with you to the…
PalFest participants in Cairo: Go to Gaza
Egypt

PalFest participants in Cairo: Go to Gaza

A few days ahead of the commemoration of the Nakba, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the artists and activists partaking in…
Profile: Ghada Khalifa challenges convention in her poems
Books

Profile: Ghada Khalifa challenges convention in her poems

Ghada Khalifa began as an amateur poet. “I first made an exhibition of my paintings. I wrote some text for…
Literature festival in Gaza hostage to Egyptian bureaucracy
Books

Literature festival in Gaza hostage to Egyptian bureaucracy

Update: PalFest organizers were granted on Thursday afternoon travel permits by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to travel to Gaza…
Where are the children’s books about the ‘Arab Spring’?
Books

Where are the children’s books about the ‘Arab Spring’?

At this year’s Cairo International Book Fair, the most sought-after books were those about Arab revolutions. Titles about revolution, in…
‘A Tunisian Tale’: A grim delight
Books

‘A Tunisian Tale’: A grim delight

The spark at the center of Hassouna Mosbahi’s short novel, “A Tunisian Tale,” is a human immolation. As in the…
‘A Muslim Suicide’: Literature in the tradition of Islamic art
Books

‘A Muslim Suicide’: Literature in the tradition of Islamic art

The title of Bensalem Himmich's 2008 novel, "Haza al-Andalusi!" ("This Andalusian!"), is as subdued in Arabic as it is attention-grabbing…
A tribute to Ibrahim Aslan
Opinion

A tribute to Ibrahim Aslan

In a world like the one we live in, it is difficult to find someone who will give credit to…
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