youssef ziedan
Egyptian thinker attributes Al-Aqsa Mosque to Israel: Israeli newspaper
Egypt
December 22, 2015
Egyptian thinker attributes Al-Aqsa Mosque to Israel: Israeli newspaper
The Israeli Maariv newspaper has praised Youssef Ziedan, the 57-year-old Egyptian novelist and thinker, for his recent remarks that the…
Author of Azazel faces charges of insulting religion
Egypt
February 25, 2013
Author of Azazel faces charges of insulting religion
Writer Youssef Ziedan has responded to accusations of blasphemy leveled against him by the Islamic Research Complex, saying they could…
The Sharjah Book Fair: Dar Al Shorouk wins a prize and Youssef Ziedan stirs debate
Books
November 1, 2010
The Sharjah Book Fair: Dar Al Shorouk wins a prize and Youssef Ziedan stirs debate
The Sharjah International Book Fair—the region’s second-largest after Cairo—is an event under construction. Just a few years ago, it was…
Youssef Ziedan: Misrepresentations of an intellectual
Opinion
July 28, 2010
Youssef Ziedan: Misrepresentations of an intellectual
Over the past year, Youssef Ziedan has reinvented himself as a public intellectual. In spite of this achievement, he has…