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In other words: Trust your translator?
Books
October 25, 2011
In other words: Trust your translator?
Egyptian novelist Bahaa Taher made headlines last year when he filed a suit against the American University in Cairo (AUC)…
Many small fairs don’t make up for lost Cairo International Book Fair
Books
September 18, 2011
Many small fairs don’t make up for lost Cairo International Book Fair
Since February, publishers and booksellers have been trying to fill the hole left behind by the cancellation of the 43rd…
‘The Hashish Waiter’: Freedom and escape in the era of Camp David
Books
August 28, 2011
‘The Hashish Waiter’: Freedom and escape in the era of Camp David
A number of books that were published decades before the 2011 revolution seem to speak directly to Egypt’s current situation.…
‘So You May See’: A different sort of freedom
Books
July 31, 2011
‘So You May See’: A different sort of freedom
It is impossible not to admire Mona Prince's 2008 novel, “Inni Uhaddithuka li-Tara,” (I Speak to You so that You…
AUC Press revolution works, festival prompt some skepticism
Books
June 24, 2011
AUC Press revolution works, festival prompt some skepticism
The annual AUC Press Book, Art, and Music Festival held Wednesday at the Cairo Opera House celebrated the 25 January…
Messages from Tahrir, revolutionary photography
Books
June 8, 2011
Messages from Tahrir, revolutionary photography
Former President Hosni Mubarak was sent the same message in a variety of different ways: high quality posters, ragged cardboard,…
Book review: The Traveler and the Innkeeper
Books
May 22, 2011
Book review: The Traveler and the Innkeeper
Fadhil al-Azzawi’s The Traveler and the Innkeeper (American University Press, 2011, trans William M. Hutchins) treads much the same ground…
AUC opens the Tahrir Book Fair
Books
April 1, 2011
AUC opens the Tahrir Book Fair
Yesterday, near Tahrir square--the place that witnessed the first spark of the revolution--The American University in Cairo Press opened its…
Book review: ‘Twentieth-Century Egyptian Art: The Private Collection of Sherwet Shafei’
Books
March 3, 2011
Book review: ‘Twentieth-Century Egyptian Art: The Private Collection of Sherwet Shafei’
Eighty-seven-year-old Herbert Vogel and his wife Dorothy are a retired post office clerk and librarian with a massive collection of…
One book fair closes, another one opens
Books
February 19, 2011
One book fair closes, another one opens
Egyptian publishers potentially had much to mourn after the Publishers Association announced on Wednesday that the 43rd Cairo International Book…