Books

January 29, 2015

Apps bring speed reading into the digital age

Speed reading has been around for more than half a century, but new apps are bringing the technique into the…

January 28, 2015

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb has opened the 46th session of Cairo International Book Fair. The opening was attended by Culture Minister…

January 28, 2015

Islamic preacher Amr Khaled said that the hero of his new novel called “Rafy Barakat” does not depict himself, adding…

January 27, 2015

Anna al-Khamesi won the first prize of the Mahmoud Amin al-Alem short story contest, which was held at the Afaq…

January 22, 2015

The French magazine Books, publishing news and offers on newly issued books, published in January 2015 a list of the…

January 21, 2015

Four African countries will take part for the first time in the Cairo International Book Fair, which will start on…

January 18, 2015

The 46th session of the Cairo International Book Fair, which will kick off on 28 January until 12 February, will…

January 9, 2015

French author Michel Houellebecq has suspended the promotion of his new novel "Submission", a dystopian vision of France under Islamic…

January 2, 2015

The Egyptian General Book Authority issued the January 2015 edition of the Ibda’e magazine, headed by novelist Mohamed Mansi Qandil.Qandil…

December 25, 2014

“This year’s best seller lists include a lot of familiar authors and characters—over half of the books on the lists…