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David Baldacci's newest thriller, "The Escape," made the US best-seller list on Wednesday, knocking Stephen King's "Revival" from the No.…

Mohamed Reda, a professional driver by day and musician by night, can distinctly remember the first time he came across…

This year, Tunis lit the candle for UNESCO's World Book Day. Five days before the annual UNESCO-sponsored World Book and…

 

The General Egyptian Book Organization last month appointed a committee of reputable writers and literati, headed by author Ibrahim al-Aslan,…

Last month, two major bookstores shut down in Oman, and a few months earlier two Dubai bookshops closed their doors…

Egyptian schoolchildren worked especially hard this year. Now that it’s summer, they deserve to relax and have fun. But that…

Dar al-Kotob, the Egyptian National Library, is sometimes lost in the shadow of the National Archives, or forgotten behind the…

Next time you ride into a white cab in Cairo, go through the small book collection attached to the driver’s…

Balsam al-Saad took a moment on 1 May to assess a momentous first year at Cairo’s only children’s bookstore, and…