Thousands of irreplaceable manuscripts at Cairo's Institute for Scientific Research are lost to fire amid attack military attack on protesters at nearby Cabinet building
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Prominent journalist recounts the rise and fall of former president Hosni Mubarak
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Sherif Saleh in his book, Transforming a Story: Naguib Mahfouz's, The Thief and The Dogs, analyses how writers cannot be simple observers through the example of Mahfouz's book on a murder
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Al-Zaytoun Workshop will host the poet Mahmoud Fahmy on Monday 19 December to sign and discuss his poetry collection, Mesh Fadel Haga (There is Nothing Left) at 7:30pm
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The novelist Ahdaf Soueif, poet Amin Haddad and translator Beshir El-Seba’ae honoured by the Greek embassy in Cairo
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Sale cancelled after questions were raised about the Mahfouz archives up for auction
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Beit Al-Sanary will host writer Shawqy Badr on Friday, 16 December, to discuss his newly released book, Bibliogravia Naguib Mahfouz
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Egyptian novelist Radwa Ashour will share the prize with two other winners
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A seminar to discuss the book January 25th Revolution will take place on Tuesday 13 December at the General Egyptian Book Organisation's headquarters
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Ahram's legendary daily columnist passed away yesterday after long illness
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The Sotheby's London auction house announced it will start bidding on a major cache of manuscripts by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian writer, Naguib Mahfouz on Thursday
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