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Egyptian Novelist Edward Al-Kharrat dies at 89
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Egyptian Novelist Edward Al-Kharrat dies at 89

The Egyptian novelist and critic Edward Al-Kharrat died on Tuesday at the age 89 from complications due to pneumonia. Al-Kharrat…
From slum to bookshop, Brazil drug queen turns writer
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From slum to bookshop, Brazil drug queen turns writer

She started sniffing glue at age six to ease the hunger of life in a Brazilian slum.
Famous playwright Ali Salem dies at 79
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Famous playwright Ali Salem dies at 79

Author Ali Salem, a vocal supporter for the normalization of relations between Egypt and Israel, died at the age of…
Writer Hamed abdel Samad returns after 3-day disappearance, says Interior Ministry
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Writer Hamed abdel Samad returns after 3-day disappearance, says Interior Ministry

Hamed Abdel Samad, 43, the German writer and history professor at the University Munich, who disappeared on Sunday for three days,…
Nostalgic Migration
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Nostalgic Migration

In commemoration of Sudanese novelist and columnist Tayeb Salih’s death a year ago, the Supreme Council for Culture held a…
Abu Golayyel: Wrestling with identity
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Abu Golayyel: Wrestling with identity

Novelist Hamdi Abu Golayyel hails from a Bedouin village in the Fayoum area of Middle Egypt. His ancestors settled there…
Nazi propaganda for the Arab world
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Nazi propaganda for the Arab world

Jeffrey Herf, professor of modern European history at the University of Maryland, College Park, recently authored Nazi Propaganda for the…
Rasheed el-Enany on modern Arabic lit: not quite a Renaissance
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Rasheed el-Enany on modern Arabic lit: not quite a Renaissance

Rasheed el-Enany is a professor of modern Arabic literature at the UK's prestigious University of Exeter. The author of several…
The unexpected contender
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The unexpected contender

In a ceremony held at the American University in Cairo's (AUC) Oriental Hall on 11 December the AUC Press awarded…
Google commemorates Naguib Mahfouz
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Google commemorates Naguib Mahfouz

To celebrate the birthday of world-acclaimed Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz, the famous search engine Google inserted a picture of the…
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