Alef
Egypt’s reading revolution
Books
July 10, 2011
Egypt’s reading revolution
Last month, two major bookstores shut down in Oman, and a few months earlier two Dubai bookshops closed their doors…
Taxi of Knowledge: Reading on the road
Books
June 12, 2011
Taxi of Knowledge: Reading on the road
Next time you ride into a white cab in Cairo, go through the small book collection attached to the driver’s…
Bookstore boom
Books
July 12, 2010
Bookstore boom
Surrounded by piles of books shelved on wooden compartments, hardly ten people gathered in the cultural salon hosted by Alef…