book review

Etr Qadeem (An Old Scent) is novelist Gar el-Nabi el-Helw's tenth book. Melancholic and nostalgic, this novel touches upon the…

Laylat Safar ('Departure Night') is Mohamed Nagui's seventh novel since 1994, published by Dar al-Hilal shortly before its author went…

In August of 2008, I was assigned to cover a midday book release party at a chain bookstore in Manhattan.…

Munira, a woman with captivating and seductive eyes, falls into the trap of Ali al-Dahhal, an impostor who carefully weaves…

After years of intensive work, Nabil Bahgat, a professor of Arabic theater at Helwan University and director of the Beit…

Imported dogs, useless cats, and flying peacocks are all featured in acclaimed Egyptian author Bahaa Taher’s newest collection of short…

In an exclusive gathering at downtown Cairo's Greek Club on Monday, writer Amal Sedik Afifi celebrated the launch of her…

In his latest book, writer Gaber Asfour travels back in time to his early youth, steering clear for the most…

In his latest book, Fi Naqd el-Khetab el-Arabi el-Rahen (A Critique of the Current Arab Discourse), prominent leftist thinker Samir…

American cartoonist Joe Sacco has more or less invented a new category of reporting: graphic journalism--"graphic" in both senses of…