Mahmoud El Wardany
The Lady from Tel Aviv: 38 years of exile
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May 31, 2010
The Lady from Tel Aviv: 38 years of exile
The second edition of Palestinian writer Rabai al-Madhoun's novel Al-Sayyeda Min Tal Abib (The Lady from Tel Aviv) was published…
The Status of Arts: Last publication of Ahmed Fouad Selim
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May 23, 2010
The Status of Arts: Last publication of Ahmed Fouad Selim
El-Fann wa Ahwalou (The Status of Arts) is the last book Ahmed Fouad Selim, a critic and artist, reviewed for…
The last dinner
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May 17, 2010
The last dinner
The new collection of stories by novelist Mohamed el-Mansi Qandil, titled Ashaa Berefqat Aisha (A Dinner with Aisha) consists of…
History of dispute, invitation to sorrow
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May 12, 2010
History of dispute, invitation to sorrow
"Some of us nibble on bread, While the others go window-shopping. We often wander around aimlessly, Chattering to color the…
The line separating the East from the West
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May 11, 2010
The line separating the East from the West
A second edition of Ahdaf Soueif's collection of stories, entitled Zeinat al-Hayah (The Ornaments of Life), was recently published by…
Thorns of life
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May 10, 2010
Thorns of life
A second collection of 17 poems by Egyptian colloquial poet Abdel Rahim Youssef has been published under the title Qetta…
When the Nile overflows
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May 10, 2010
When the Nile overflows
The new collection of stories by Hedra Gerges, entitled Beldabt kana Youshbeh al-Soura (He looked Exactly like the Picture) consists…
Thorns of life
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May 4, 2010
Thorns of life
A second collection of 17 poems by Egyptian colloquial poet Abdel Rahim Youssef has been published under the title Qetta…
Qahwat Ali Malek : A Heliopolis cafe
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May 3, 2010
Qahwat Ali Malek : A Heliopolis cafe
Although Qahwat Ali Malek (Ali Malek Cafe, Sharqiat 2009) is Megahed el-Tayyeb's first book, the writer has adequately demonstrated remarkable…
Entertaining the soul: Ancient satirical texts
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May 2, 2010
Entertaining the soul: Ancient satirical texts
El-Zakhaer series has recently published a popular edition of Sidi Ali Bin Sodon el-Beshbeghawi's book Nuzhat al-Nufus wa Mudhik al-Abuus…
At Zahrat al-Bustan
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April 28, 2010
At Zahrat al-Bustan
Zahrat al-Bustan (The Garden Flower, Merit 2010), by Khaled Ismail, the most prodigious writer of his generation, shares its name…
Gar el-nabi’s scent
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April 28, 2010
Gar el-nabi’s scent
Etr Qadeem (An Old Scent) is novelist Gar el-Nabi el-Helw's tenth book. Melancholic and nostalgic, this novel touches upon the…
Glimpses of Mohamed Saleh’s life
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April 26, 2010
Glimpses of Mohamed Saleh’s life
The latest collection of 19 poems titled La Shayaa Yadol ("Nothing Tells") from the late poet Mohamed Saleh was only…
Laylat Safar: Two faiths, one fate
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April 19, 2010
Laylat Safar: Two faiths, one fate
Laylat Safar ('Departure Night') is Mohamed Nagui's seventh novel since 1994, published by Dar al-Hilal shortly before its author went…
Amina Rachid: A woman from Egypt
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April 11, 2010
Amina Rachid: A woman from Egypt
Amina Rachid, the critic, university professor and writer who was always faced difficult choices prefers to work quietly away from…
History on the Nile
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March 28, 2010
History on the Nile
With its publication of the sixth and final volume of Taqweem el-Nil, or "History written by the Nile," by Amin…
Zaman Gameel Mada (“Good Old Times”)
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February 7, 2010
Zaman Gameel Mada (“Good Old Times”)
In his latest book, writer Gaber Asfour travels back in time to his early youth, steering clear for the most…
A Critique of the Current Arab Discourse
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February 7, 2010
A Critique of the Current Arab Discourse
In his latest book, Fi Naqd el-Khetab el-Arabi el-Rahen (A Critique of the Current Arab Discourse), prominent leftist thinker Samir…
A life in translation
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January 1, 2010
A life in translation
Born in Canada in 1922, and dubbed "the pioneer of Arabic-to-English translation of our time" by literary icon and critic…
Ragoul el-Awatef
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November 28, 2009
Ragoul el-Awatef
Abdou Gobeir belongs to the seventies' generation of novelists and short-story writers. Since the publication of his first collection of during…