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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
Prominent journalist recounts the rise and fall of former president Hosni Mubarak
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
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
The novelist Ahdaf Soueif, poet Amin Haddad and translator Beshir El-Seba’ae honoured by the Greek embassy in Cairo
Sale cancelled after questions were raised about the Mahfouz archives up for auction
Beit Al-Sanary will host writer Shawqy Badr on Friday, 16 December, to discuss his newly released book, Bibliogravia Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian novelist Radwa Ashour will share the prize with two other winners
A seminar to discuss the book January 25th Revolution will take place on Tuesday 13 December at the General Egyptian Book Organisation's headquarters
Ahram's legendary daily columnist passed away yesterday after long illness
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
Rashid Al-Daif's latest novel was selected among the Arabic Booker longlist and concerns questions on the roots of modernism in the Arab world

Saad Abdel-Rahman, head of the General Organisation for Cultural Palaces, announces a new plan for publishing and a new management team for publications

A discussion with Samir Mandi at the Kotob Khan suggested new ways of looking at Mahfouz

The annual AUC press celebration of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal in Literature Award was a little different this year, reflecting the revolutionary creativity of the Egyptian people since 25 January

Award committee to grant prestigious prize to Egyptian public's 'revolutionary literary creativity'

Al-Kotob Khan celebrates Naguib Mahfouz in its own way at a moment when the legendary Egyptian writer comes under attack by some fundamentalists

The new issue of Al-Thaqafa Al-Jadeeda celebrates Naguib Mahfouz, including an article by Egyptian Writers Union head Mohamed Salmawy, focusing on the attempt on his life 17 years ago

New edition of interviews with Egyptian Nobel Prize winning novelist Naguib Mahfouz offers a frank and compelling portrait of the Arab world's greatest-ever novelist

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