literature
Schedule of events at Cairo International Book Fair on Friday
Egypt
January 27, 2023
Schedule of events at Cairo International Book Fair on Friday
On Friday, the second day of the 54th Cairo International Book Fair, held under the supervision of the Ministry of…
Egyptian writer May al-Telmissany awarded French Order of Arts and Letters with knight rank
Egypt
November 11, 2021
Egyptian writer May al-Telmissany awarded French Order of Arts and Letters with knight rank
The Egyptian writer May al-Telmissany announced, a few days ago, that she had been awarded the French Order of Arts…
Port Said announced as Egypt’s capital of culture for 2020
Culture
December 11, 2019
Port Said announced as Egypt’s capital of culture for 2020
Culture Minister Enas Abdel Dayem and Port Said Governor Adel al-Ghadban on Tuesday inaugurated the 34th edition of the Literary…
Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke win Literature Nobels
World
October 10, 2019
Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke win Literature Nobels
Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk on Thursday won the 2018 Nobel Literature Prize, which was delayed over a sexual harassment scandal,…
Cairo’s poets join a global chorus: 100 Thousand Poets for Change
Features/Interviews
September 27, 2019
Cairo’s poets join a global chorus: 100 Thousand Poets for Change
On Saturday, September 28, a number of poets, authors, scholars, literary enthusiasts, and diverse members of the general public will…
Israel’s national library to share reunited Kafka archive online
Middle East
August 8, 2019
Israel’s national library to share reunited Kafka archive online
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s national library said on Wednesday it received the last part of a collection of Franz Kafka’s…
Ahmed Mourad’s “1919” to become a movie
Cinema/TV
July 30, 2019
Ahmed Mourad’s “1919” to become a movie
The Egyptian historical fiction novel “1919” by famed author Ahmed Mourad is set to be turned into a movie starring…
Google celebrates birthday of famed author Ahmed Khaled Tawfik
Culture
June 10, 2019
Google celebrates birthday of famed author Ahmed Khaled Tawfik
To celebrate his 57th birthday on Monday, 10 June, Google has honored late Egyptian author and physician Ahmed Khaled Tawfik…
Omani writer Jokha Alharthi wins 2019 Man Booker International Prize
Middle East
May 23, 2019
Omani writer Jokha Alharthi wins 2019 Man Booker International Prize
Omani writer Jokha Alharthi won the 2019 Man Booker International Prize for her novel “Celestial Bodies” in which she talks…
Egypt’s Maggie Michael and Nariman El-Mofty win Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Yemen crisis
Egypt
April 17, 2019
Egypt’s Maggie Michael and Nariman El-Mofty win Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Yemen crisis
A team of three Arab journalists — among them Egyptian reporter Maggie Michael and Egyptian photographer Nariman El-Mofty — won…