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Arabesque Festival honors Om Kalthoum

Arabesque Festival honors Om Kalthoum

Egyptian Ambassador to Paris Ihab Badawy has attended the 10th Arabesque Festival for Arab World Art, which honors Om Kalthoum…
Top selling-books in US

Top selling-books in US

Nora Roberts' "The Liar" knocked "The Girl on the Train" from the No. 1 spot on the US bestsellers list…
Naguib Mahfouz’s favorite cafes

Naguib Mahfouz’s favorite cafes

The friendship between Awad Bahr, the manager of Ali Baba cafe, and the deceased Nobel-laureate Naguib Mahfouz started when Bahr…
Germany’s Guenter Grass, author of ‘The Tin Drum’, dies at 87

Germany’s Guenter Grass, author of ‘The Tin Drum’, dies at 87

German novelist Guenter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning author of "The Tin Drum", an epic treatment of the Nazi era, died…
Toil and trouble: Researchers link Shakespeare to disputed play

Toil and trouble: Researchers link Shakespeare to disputed play

"This is the short and the long of it," as William Shakespeare wrote in "The Merry Wives of Windsor." A play…
Sales of books on Islam rocket after France attacks

Sales of books on Islam rocket after France attacks

Books on Islam are selling out in France after deadly extremist attacks in the capital raised uncomfortable questions about Europe's…
‘The Girl on the Train’ No. 1 on bestsellers list for 9th week

‘The Girl on the Train’ No. 1 on bestsellers list for 9th week

Author Paula Hawkins' debut thriller, "The Girl on the Train," kept the top spot No. 1 on the US bestsellers…
“Game of Thrones” author releases chapter from next book

“Game of Thrones” author releases chapter from next book

Yes, George RR Martin really is working on that next book.The "Game of Thrones" author released a chapter Thursday from…
Story of Jewish-Egyptian poet tangibly relays pleasure and pain

Story of Jewish-Egyptian poet tangibly relays pleasure and pain

Celebrated Egyptian poet Joyce Mansour was a woman of the Nile and a French-speaking, Jewish poet that expressed her hidden…
In Harm’s Way – terrorism as seen by its perpetrators

In Harm’s Way – terrorism as seen by its perpetrators

In his book, “In Harm's Way: From the Stronghold of al-Qaida to the Heart of ISIL” Yosri Fouda says: “the…
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