Egyptian literature

Revisiting ‘Beer in the Snooker Club’ in revolutionary times
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Revisiting ‘Beer in the Snooker Club’ in revolutionary times

Waguih Ghali’s 1964 semi-autobiographical novel “Beer in the Snooker Club” is an idiosyncratic piece of literature, written in English by…
Can Egyptian humor be translated?
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Can Egyptian humor be translated?

At a mid-May symposium at the American University in Cairo, students from “Translating the Revolution” class of Samia Mehrez -…
Literature in the age of social media
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Literature in the age of social media

Last March, the New York based OR Books published the first Twitter book ever, Tweets from Tahrir: Egypt’s revolution as…
5 books on: Sectarian accord and discord
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5 books on: Sectarian accord and discord

Discussions of Muslim-Coptic relations have been riding the post-25 January swing of hope, denial and despair. In one moment, Muslims…
Magdy Mehana: Pushing the envelope
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Magdy Mehana: Pushing the envelope

Last month, Al-Masry Al-Youm published Fel Mamnoo ("Forbidden"), a collection of articles written by the late journalist and television presenter…
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