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Decentralizing Tahrir Square

Decentralizing Tahrir Square

In his 1970 Nobel lecture, Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn described art and literature as “the only substitute for what we…
Supreme Council of Culture announces winners of state awards

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.
Culture Palaces issue 5,000 copies of Hamdan’s ‘Personality of Egypt’

Culture Palaces issue 5,000 copies of Hamdan’s ‘Personality of Egypt’

The General Authority of Culture Palaces, headed by Poet Saad Abdel Rahman, will issue a popular edition of deceased Geographer…
Telling a Tehrani story

Telling a Tehrani story

  "Zahra’s Paradise," a graphic novel released last September, was inspired by the energy and hope of the 2009 Iranian…
Copy, right?

Copy, right?

  Copyright, as first envisioned, was a way to balance the rights of authors with the rights of their audiences.…
Lucid change

Lucid change

  Books of every genre colored the library of novelist Alaa El Deeb, but what immediately caught my attention as…
In other words: Translating Egypt’s revolution

In other words: Translating Egypt’s revolution

For Samia Mehrez, “Translating Egypt’s Revolution: The Language of Tahrir” is not a project that could be begun now. Most…
Vatican criticizes prominent US nun’s book on sexuality

Vatican criticizes prominent US nun’s book on sexuality

The Vatican has sharply criticized a book on sexuality written by a prominent American nun, saying she has a “defective…
Defining (a Lebanese) woman: Alexandra Chrieteh’s ‘Always Coca-Cola’

Defining (a Lebanese) woman: Alexandra Chrieteh’s ‘Always Coca-Cola’

How can a young Lebanese woman define — and defend — the borders of her body, as external forces push…
Culture minister’s first decision in office sparks protests

Culture minister’s first decision in office sparks protests

Despite two weeks of ongoing protests at the country’s main public library and 15 employees at the organization going on…
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