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Egypt protest hero Wael Ghonim to write book
Egypt
May 10, 2011
Egypt protest hero Wael Ghonim to write book
Washington—Wael Ghonim, the Google executive who became a hero of Egypt's anti-government uprising, has signed a deal with a US…
ElBaradei: Egypt will not move backwards
Egypt
April 16, 2011
ElBaradei: Egypt will not move backwards
In an interview published on Saturday in an Italian newspaper, Mohamed ElBaradei, former chief of the International Atomic energy Agency…
Good capitalism, decadent capitalism
Books
November 5, 2010
Good capitalism, decadent capitalism
All of the different forms of capitalism and progressive economic philosophy a government can espouse, if taken up without adequate…
Algerian author stripped of Emirati award over plagiarism accusations
Culture
October 26, 2010
Algerian author stripped of Emirati award over plagiarism accusations
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award on Tuesday announced it is stripping the 2009-2010 winner of the literature section of his…
Ghost Riders: Possession and exorcism in Upper Egypt
Books
September 6, 2010
Ghost Riders: Possession and exorcism in Upper Egypt
In 2009, the American University in Cairo Press released the book Ghost Riders of Upper Egypt: A Study of Spirit…
Study guide publishers to sue Ed Minister
Egypt
August 1, 2010
Study guide publishers to sue Ed Minister
A dispute between the Education Ministry and private study guide publishers has escalated after a number of publishers and authors…
International book digest
Books
June 29, 2010
International book digest
Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East by Bernard Lewis (Oxford University Press, 2010) and Muhammad and…
9/11 prompts a flood of books on the Middle East
Books
March 18, 2010
9/11 prompts a flood of books on the Middle East
The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 have reshaped the world, not in terms of geography, but rather in terms…
Farah Pahlavi & the Shah: Enduring love
Books
March 8, 2010
Farah Pahlavi & the Shah: Enduring love
Extracts from An Enduring Love written by Farah Pahlavi and published by Miramax books.
Nazi propaganda for the Arab world
Books
January 31, 2010
Nazi propaganda for the Arab world
Jeffrey Herf, professor of modern European history at the University of Maryland, College Park, recently authored Nazi Propaganda for the…