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Bibliotheca Alexandrina to house Heikal papers

Bibliotheca Alexandrina to house Heikal papers

Hidayat Taymour, widow of veteran journalist Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, signed the final agreement on Sunday with the director of Bibliotheca…
Cairo International Book Fair may differ this year

Cairo International Book Fair may differ this year

As everything has its own pros and cons, the 2018 Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) succeeded to attract about five…
Guide to Cairo International Book Fair 50th edition

Guide to Cairo International Book Fair 50th edition

The 50th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair will be taking place from Wednesday, January 23 until February 5 in…
‘Brex-lit’: Social tensions inspire British novelists

‘Brex-lit’: Social tensions inspire British novelists

  With Britain’s decision to leave the EU exposing fault lines across society, fiction writers are responding with an increasing…
Egyptian novel explores Copts under controlling church

Egyptian novel explores Copts under controlling church

CAIRO (AP) — Shady Lewis Botros says his recently published novel — “Ways of the Lord” — can be broadly…
Egypt, UAE, KSA to build world’s largest digital library

Egypt, UAE, KSA to build world’s largest digital library

Egypt will cooperate with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to build the largest…
“World’s largest book sale” comes to Middle East at giant hangar in Dubai

“World’s largest book sale” comes to Middle East at giant hangar in Dubai

DUBAI (Reuters) – A gargantuan touring book sale that touts itself as the world’s largest is making its first stop…
World leaders ignore rights in China: censored author Yan

World leaders ignore rights in China: censored author Yan

  Chinese author Yan Lianke, whose works are banned in his heavily censored homeland, has urged world leaders not to…
Cairo International Book Fair kicks off

Cairo International Book Fair kicks off

Egypt Culture Minister Enas Abdel Dayem and her Algerian counterpart Izzzedin Mayhoubi inaugurated on Saturday the 49th Cairo International Book…
YouTubers share recommendations for Cairo Book Fair

YouTubers share recommendations for Cairo Book Fair

In a compact room, no more than three square meters in size, with a backdrop of walls covered plastered by…
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