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Books
Azmi Abdul Wahab releases a new poetry collection with 'A person worthy of hate'
The Egyptian Writers Union held its first post-revolution elections, voting in writer and journalist Mohamed Salmawy as president for the second consecutive session
Egypt’s January 25 Revolution has dominated the demand in this week’s celebration of World Book Day in Cairo bookstores
Fathy Ghanem's book re-published in a low-priced edition
Affordable edition of Prince Abd El-Qadir Al-Jaza’iri’s book on Sufism
Emad Abu Ghazi to oversee International Book Day celebrations on Saturday
Publishers invited to nominate their novelists' recent work
Celebrating International Book Day, the Supreme Council of Culture will host a book fair on its Cairo Opera House premises
The Spanish Cultural Center celebrates International Book Day with a full-day event, including a book exchange, book fair and awards
Samer Soliman's book ‘Nazam el Qawy... wa Dawla el Daaeefa,’ (Strong regime, weak state) which predicted the collapse of the Mubarak regime, is now available in English under the title ‘The Autumn of Dictatorship’
The winners of the fifth annual Arabic children's book awards, 'Read Here, There and Everywhere', from the Anna Lindh Foundation have been announced and will be presented on Thursday 14 April in Cairo
The global nuclear non-proliferation regime is failing, says Mohamed ElBaradei in a new book reflecting on his time as head of the IAEA

Despite the slew of new faces nominated for the board of Egypt’s Writer’s Union, the history and membership structure render fundamental change highly unlikely

The Spanish writer, who predicted that Egypt would rise up like Tunisia, is effusive in his praise for the efforts made to topple dictators, though challenges lie ahead

El-Shaity lives in Kasr El-Nil street, literally one hundred steps away from Tahrir Square, and tells his story of the remarkable 18 days that changed the course of Egyptian history

Among many changes in the leading positions at the ministry of culture, writer and diplomat Ezz El-Din Shokry was appointed General Secretary for the Supreme Council of Culture

The new head of the Egyptian General Book Organisation Ahmed Megahed responds to complaints and talks of his plans for the future

Back in 2005, Kefaya demonstrated in the streets thereby laying the foundations for the 25 January revolution

Abouelnaga tells her story of tear gas canisters in Qasr El-Aini street and old dreams coming true

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