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Library czar laments lack of restoration materials after fire
Library/archives director Abdel Wahed El-Nabawy says he lacks materials needed to restore manuscripts damaged in last week's fire
New release: Study on Kirkegaard’s Philosophy now in Arabic
The National Center for Translation has released the Arabic translation of a French study on Kirkegaard by Chantal Anne
Chicago House Library has original copy of book said to be destroyed in fire last week
The fire at the Egyptian Scientific Institute last week sparked a search for other copies of the rare manuscript throughout the country and the world
GEBO to discuss scientific value of Egyptian manuscripts and heritage Tuesday 27 December
Host of experts discuss what next after the fire of the Egyptian Scientific Institute
Book event: Celebrating the translation of 'A Brief History of Economics' Monday 26 December
National Center for translation celebrating the Arabic translation of the famous English book by E.Ray Canterbury
Zein Abdel-Hadi appointed head of the Egyptian Library and Archives
First task will be assessing the loss inflicted by the Science Institute fire
Authorities arrest suspects in Egypt Science Institute Fire
Suspect leads police to alleged fellow perpetrators
Police arrests man selling stolen manuscripts from Egyptian Scientific Institute
Three stolen manuscripts found on a scrap dealer who admitted stealing them during last week's fire in Cairo
'Mohall': From Luxor to Guantanamo Bay
Youssef Zidan's new novel tracks one man's journey from sleepy Upper Egyptian tourist city to Guantanamo Bay detention centre
Book event: Sudanese writer Khaled Owais at Dar Merit
Dar Merit publishing will receive Khaled Owais for a discussion tonight 22 December at 7pm
Prison Literature in Tunisia brought in from the dark
Literary genre that was once banned the subject of a talk in Tunis
New release: Egyptian author Zeinb Afifi mixes love with revolution
The Ultras and the Egyptian Revolution
A new book describes the bravery shown by Egyptian Ultras throughout the Revolution and the passion for football that ties them together

Union of Egyptian Writers joins call for swift presidential elections
Writers call for a march on 30 December from Zamalek to Tahrir in support of essential freedoms and early presidential elections
Book Review: Stories of the streets around Tahrir Square
Egyptian Days continues excavating the history of downtown with an issue about the streets surrounding Tahrir, where battles continue to take place
Sayed Kotb’s long-lost novel to be republished
The famous Islamist thinker began his life as a literary critic and novelist - a fact subsequently covered up by his ideological followers
Book review: Confronting darkness with the little-known legacy of the Arab Renaissance
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
Cultural Palaces publishing revamped
Saad Abdel-Rahman, head of the General Organisation for Cultural Palaces, announces a new plan for publishing and a new management team for publications
MAHFOUZ CENTENNIAL: Women in Mahfouz's work
A discussion with Samir Mandi at the Kotob Khan suggested new ways of looking at Mahfouz

Mahfouz centenary celebrated among family and admirers at El Sawy Culture Wheel
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
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