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Books
New edition of work by Ibn Arabi, one of the greatest Sufis of the Middle Ages
Writer to discuss and sign copies of his new book, Younes in the Whale’s Guts, tonight at 7pm.
The Arab Relations Committee in the Egyptian Writers’ Union (EWU) called for a protest and a march to the headquarters of the League of Arab States Wednesday in solidarity with the Syrian people
Egypt's minister of culture will grant the Refa’a Al-Tahtawi prize to, Tawfiq Ali Mansour today for his translation of the book The Nile (Nahr Al-Neel)
In this Ahram Weekly tribute, Mustafa Mahmoud, a controversial figure who passed away on 31 October 2009, is remembered for his cultural impact
John Carlos Rowe will speak at AUC in downtown Cairo on Tuesday, 6pm at the memorial lecture for the writer and teacher whose 1978 book Orientalism changed scholarship
Essays on the greats of Arabic literature by Ismail Mazhar
Poetry collection Give Me That Child by Samir Taher, an Iraqi living in Sweden.
Muslim Brotherhood is expected to make an important step by the end of this year through its newly-formed political party
The General Organisation of Cultural Palaces, headed by the poet Abdul Rahman Saad, is organising literary competition for 2011-2012
Young writer to discuss his first book this Sunday, 20 October
Abdel-Rehim Ali analyses the hidden history of the Muslim Brotherhood's alliances, exposing its inner workings and pragmatic opportunism
Ahmed El-Sayed El-Naggar provides a thoughtful investigation in the latest Strategic Papers series of the economic crisis facing the current regime and proposes some solutions

Fahim shares his memories of the legendary poet's toughest years, revealing the existence of the deceased author's incomplete autobiography

Hani Shukralla's collection of articles published between 1995 and 2011 comes out in an American University Press publication

Surur's critique of the first volume in Mahfouz's trilogy, compiled over four years, demonstrates both the poet's keen eye for artistic value and his ability to put creative integrity above all else

Abdo Gobeir's new introduction to Surur's 'Protocols of the Elders of Riche' looks back at the 'madness' that followed Egypt's traumatic 1967 defeat

Thirty three years have passed since Naguib Surur, the Egyptian actor and poet, died on 24 October 1978, leaving behind a treasured legacy for his short, yet rich, life

Egypt's great poet and actor, Naguib Surur, died more than three decades ago, but his influence is still felt today

Sheikh Abdel-Motaal El-Saeedy was a great advocate of reforming Al-Azhar to bolster the freedoms required to lift up Egypt

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