Books

Concerned about copyrights and regulating publishing, the Egyptian Publishers Association has put together a document envisioned to be a reference…

Salman Rushdie believes literature has lost much of its influence in the West, and movie stars like George Clooney and…

Maged Zaher’s latest collection of poems, “The Revolution Happened and You Didn’t Call Me,” is a slim, postcard-shaped volume of…

In late August, organizers of the Etel Adnan Award for Women Playwrights announced that their 2012 award would go to…

ALEXANDRIA — Despite being surrounded by the ruins of neighboring businesses — book-selling kiosks identical to his own — Ibrahim…

Ramallah has a shining international image: it has restaurants, nightclubs, culture, fun. In Joe Sacco’s pioneering graphic novel “Palestine,” all…

The fourth floor on which writer Mustafa Zikri resides does not keep out the hustle and bustle of Helwan’s streets.…

  Most of Iraq’s celebrated authors live and write outside their country: Fadhil al-Azzawi is in Berlin; Sinan Antoon is…

“I don’t mean to say that I am more intelligent than he, or that I see things he is incapable…

  When Egyptian author Ahmed Khaled Tawfik first launched his hit horror book series “Ma Waraa al-Tabee’a” (Beyond The Natural…