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Yacoub El-Sharouni, Giant of Arabic Children’s Literature, Dies at Age 92
Arab cultural officials, intellectuals and academics pay tribute to the Egyptian children’s writer Yacoub El-Sharouni, who died last week at…
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Amid War in Gaza, Book about Palestinian History Becomes a Best-Seller
Nur Masalha’s “Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History” challenges the “colonial” approach to Palestine as “a land without a people.”
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Arab Writers React with Praise, Scorn as Nobel in Literature Goes to Norwegian
In the Arab literary world, Jon Fosse’s selection as the 2023 laureate drew expressions of praise, curiosity, and one biting…
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‘Room 207’ Wins New Fans for Authors of Egyptian Horror Fiction
The hit series, based on a novel by the late Ahmed Khaled Tawfik, is the latest in a string of…
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Sharjah International Book Fair Stayed Open to Midnight to Cope with Crowds
The 41st Sharjah International Book attracted a huge turnout and saw more than 1,000 publication rights deals signed.
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Moroccan Poet Documents Other Arab Poets’ Work at Expense of Writing Her Own
Fatima Bouhraka put years of research into a monumental encyclopedia of Arab poetry and poets. She has also published a…
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Travel Enriches Poems of Basim Furat, Winner of the Helmy Salem Prize for Poetry
The Iraqi poet Basim Furat, winner of the 2022 Helmy Salem Prize for Poetry, talks about his experiences in poetry…
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Osama Allam Reveals the Hidden Side of Cities in ‘A Wide Road for a Lonely Person’
In his latest book, the Egyptian-Canadian novelist Osama Allam presents tales experienced while living in twelve cities around the world.
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Children’s Literature Deserves Serious Study, Says Scholar Yasmine Motawy
Yasmine Motawy was recently honoured by the American University in Cairo for her studies of children's literature and its impact…
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‘The Last Resort’: Documentary Tells the Story of European Refugees in Egypt
A documentary film recounts the little-known story of El Shatt, a refugee camp near Suez that sheltered thousands of Europeans…
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