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19 Jan 2011
Cleopatra styled herself an immortal, and she’s certainly had the longevity to prove it. Her afterlife has been fluid--shaped, disassembled and transformed according to the needs of storytellers, be they her contemporary Roman foes...
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14 Jan 2011
The Ministry of Culture Thursday postponed the 43rd Cairo International Book Fair from 26 January until 29 January. The ministry delayed the book fair, which will run until 8 February, because more preparation time was needed.
The Ministry...
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12 Jan 2011
There is, perhaps, an upside to novelists laboring in relative obscurity.
While a recent Christian-Muslim unity concert in Alexandria was cancelled for “security reasons,” and films that deal with sectarian issues must struggle...
Yes
11 Jan 2011
Shamei Asaad is neither a Coptic intellectual nor an activist. He is a Christian engineer who grew up in a typical Egyptian middle-class family in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Frustrated with what he sees as discrimination against...
Yes
07 Jan 2011
"Aalashan el-Sennara Teghmez" (How to Get Hitched) is a duo of pocket self-help guides (one for men and one for women) written by Amal Mahmoud and published by Top Point Print in 2010. The books continue a recent publishing trend...
Yes
03 Jan 2011
A coffee table book, “L’Egypte d’Antan en Couleurs” (Yesterday’s Egypt in Color) is a collaboration between Robert Solé, a major French novelist of Egyptian origins and Max Karkégi, an Egyptian...
Yes
30 Dec 2010
“Moqtanayat Wust el-Balad” (Downtown Collection) by Mekkawi Said. This collection of short stories from the award-winning author of “Swan song” is a colorful portrait of characters, local talents, writers,...
Yes
23 Dec 2010
In the mid 1940s, when prominent (though untalented) Egyptian actor Anwar Wagdy openly bragged to journalists about the famous actresses he had kissed in movies, it never caused a stir.
But when Actor Said Saleh appeared this month calling...
Yes
22 Dec 2010
At the 2010 Naguib Mahfouz Medal ceremony, AUC Press Director Mark Linz produced a freshly printed copy of Amina Zaydan’s "Red Wine" (AUC Press, 2010). Zaydan’s book, which won the medal back in 2007, was initially...
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16 Dec 2010
Marriage is no easy ride--this is May Taher’s message in her latest book, “When the Honeymoon is Over.” The collection of short stories was first published by Shabab Books in June. It tackles such thorny marital issues as...
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