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Intellectuals to ‘burn’ literary works in protest at novelist’s jail sentence
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February 21, 2016
Intellectuals to ‘burn’ literary works in protest at novelist’s jail sentence
Authors are planning to “burn” their literary works in protest at the two-year jail sentence handed to author Ahmed Naji…
Prominent fiction writer Mahmoud Salem dies at 84
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February 24, 2013
Prominent fiction writer Mahmoud Salem dies at 84
Prominent mystery fiction writer Mahmoud Salem died Sunday at the age of 84, after a life full of adventure, both…
‘Revolutions everywhere’: Egypt’s novelists shift the red lines
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March 31, 2011
‘Revolutions everywhere’: Egypt’s novelists shift the red lines
The red lines that box in Egypt’s literary scene have both lightened and darkened under the 30-year Mubarak regime. Space…