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‘A Human Being’ wins Arab Mobile Film Festival award
January 20, 2014
‘A Human Being’ wins Arab Mobile Film Festival award
The Egyptian film A Human Being won the top prize in the Arab Mobile Film Festival in Amsterdam this year. Judges said the…
Words behind bars: The first documentation of prison literature
January 19, 2014
Words behind bars: The first documentation of prison literature
“Word behind bars,” written by Mounir Adib, is a unique book that allows readers to see the underside of a subculture…
A new Sawiris award in poetry named after Negm
January 14, 2014
A new Sawiris award in poetry named after Negm
Businessman Naguib Sawiris announced adding a poetry category to his annual Sawiris Literature Award, to be named after late great…
This day in history: Novelist Ehsan Abdel Quddus dies in 1990
January 12, 2014
This day in history: Novelist Ehsan Abdel Quddus dies in 1990
On this day in history, prominent novelist and columnist Ehsan Abdel Quddus died in 1990. He was born on the first of…
This day in history: Mother of Egyptians Safeya Zaghloul dies in 1946
January 12, 2014
This day in history: Mother of Egyptians Safeya Zaghloul dies in 1946
On this day in history, Safeya Mostafa Fahmy, known as Safeya Zaghloul or “the mother of Egyptians,” died in 1946 and will be…
This day in history: Abbas Helmy II becomes Egypt’s Khedive
January 8, 2014
This day in history: Abbas Helmy II becomes Egypt’s Khedive
Khedive Abbas Helmy II was crowned on this day in 1892. Helmy--the last khedive, or viceroy, of Egypt and Sudan…
Japanese diggers find pharaonic beer-maker tomb in Egypt
January 4, 2014
Japanese diggers find pharaonic beer-maker tomb in Egypt
Egypt said Friday a Japanese archaeological team has discovered the tomb of a leading beer producer from the pharaonic period…
Not your grandma’s furniture
January 4, 2014
Not your grandma’s furniture
Pull up a chair as these two Cairo-based furniture designers will keep you at the edge of your seat. Mariam Elias,…
This day in history: Colonial-era PM Nuqrashy assassinated
December 28, 2013
This day in history: Colonial-era PM Nuqrashy assassinated
On this day in history, 28 December 1948, former Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmy al-Nuqrashy was assassinated by a member…