Rebuilding a Space for Thought in Cairo
The Townhouse art gallery, a cultural landmark, has survived a raid by state authorities and a building collapse.
The Complete Writings of a Revolutionary
Art and politics are inseparable in the works of Ghassan Kanafani, now collected in a definitive new edition.
Rebuilding Mosul’s Library, Book by Book
Thousands of books are donated to rebuild the library of the University of Mosul, in Iraq.
Moroccan Academic Plays Matchmaker Between Books and Readers
A retired professor hunts down books published in Morocco and makes them available to a wider audience. His challenges reflect the wider problems of Arab publishing.
Academic Books Flourish at Tunisia’s Book Fair
The Tunis International Book Fair welcomed a large crowd—and academic books were among the key attractions.
Can Extremism Be Fought In the Classroom?
An author investigates the link between how Islam is taught and the radicalization of youth in Morocco.
A Dispatch from the Casablanca Book Salon
Morocco’s national book fair has a cosmopolitan feel, offering discussions, events and important new publications.
Getting Books Into the Hands of Arab Readers
Grassroots and government initiatives hope to spread a culture of reading in the Arab region.
Tangier Library Seeks a Strong But Subtle Social Role
A small bookstore tries to convince Moroccan youth that books are not just for the intellectual elite.
A Renaissance Woman at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
The head of cultural outreach at the modern-day library of Alexandria has worked with underground cables and overhead planetarium displays and broadened the library’s influence.
