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Amid street clashes, civilians coordinate to rescue rare documents

Amid street clashes, civilians coordinate to rescue rare documents

Fighting broke out once again inside the Egyptian Scientific Institute on Monday, two days after the building was set on…
Minister: Egypt still has 3 copies of Napoleon’s ‘Déscription de l’Egypte’

Minister: Egypt still has 3 copies of Napoleon’s ‘Déscription de l’Egypte’

Egypt still has three first edition copies of Napoleon’s "Déscription de l'Egypte" (Description of Egypt) after one copy was damaged…
The Prisoners’ Laughter

The Prisoners’ Laughter

In solidarity with activist and blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah, who has been detained since October in relation to the…
Mahfouz materials withdrawn from Sotheby’s auction

Mahfouz materials withdrawn from Sotheby’s auction

The Sotheby's London auction house stopped the auction of a “highly significant” archive of materials by Egyptian Nobel Prize-winning writer…
In other words: A fresh take on Mahfouz translations

In other words: A fresh take on Mahfouz translations

For years, a complete translation of “The Cairo Trilogy,” Naguib Mahfouz's best-known work, “had been sitting in a closet at…
This year’s Naguib Mahfouz Medal award goes to … you

This year’s Naguib Mahfouz Medal award goes to … you

This year’s Naguib Mahfouz Medal awards ceremony was markedly different from the previous 14. Some of the surprises at the…
Fishere breaks with his past in ‘Embrace on Brooklyn Bridge’

Fishere breaks with his past in ‘Embrace on Brooklyn Bridge’

Egyptian novelist and ex-diplomat, Ezzedine Choukri Fishere, seems to be taking his literary career to new heights with his latest…
Sotheby’s London to auction Naguib Mahfouz manuscripts

Sotheby’s London to auction Naguib Mahfouz manuscripts

The Sotheby's London auction house announced Thursday that it will offer a major cache of manuscripts by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian…
In other words: First Translators Syndicate in formation

In other words: First Translators Syndicate in formation

Three years ago, several groups of translators working in the literary, journalistic and business fields took the first step to…
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