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Books
Salah Abdel Sabour – a prominent figure in the Arabic modernism and free poetry movement – has his complete plays published in a new edition
Intimate portrait of Amal Donqol, written by his wife and originally published in 1992, reissued for 2012
Event to be organised by Coalition of Egyptian Librarians, Egyptian Library and Archives, and March 7 movement, among others
Renowned Egyptian author who passed away earlier this month will be commemorated on Wednesday in Garden City
With the Bibliotheca established as a significant cultural venue, director Serageddin is ready to embark on greater projects
Ahmed Salem concludes in his book that Islamic literature reduced the state to the ruler’s personality, a condition from which the region still suffers
Jason Larkin and Jack Shenker's project in both photography and writing explores a changing Cairo
The history professor, Sherif Younis, describes in his book political reactions in post-revolution Egypt as a political vacuum
Tarek Radwan looks back at 1916 when Egypt was suffering from severe political and economic stress caused by the First World War and the British occupation
Beibars interviews female activists and mothers who sent their children to the square, showing unique bravery that will stand as an example for generations to come
Arabic-language translation of Hamilton Gibb's classic tome on Islamic civilisation is finally available
Artist Mohamed Abla donates 12 paintings to Egyptian Scientific Institute, which lost its copy of the historic manuscript to fire during December's Cabinet clashes
Book discussions, movies, musical performances and roundtable discussions are just some of the events taking place at this year's book fair

The first day of one of the largest book fairs in the Middle East - cancelled last year due to Egypt's revolution - opened today with remarkable public interest and optimistic publishers

Historically full of political drama and incident, this year's book fair comes amid the build-up to the first anniversary of the outbreak of the Egyptian revolution

Fourteen years of effort to establish a union for librarians was crowned at an opening conference hosting library professionals from all over Egypt

New legislation governing national archives, library-management overhaul top Zein Abdel-Hadi's reform agenda

Saleh’s ‘Walking on One Leg’ tries to uncover the social motivations that led Syrians to revolt

The annual fair, which was cancelled in 2011 because of the uprising against Mubarak, will commemorate the first year of the January 25 Revolution

Hanan Hajj Ali describes the early history of Lebanese cultural productions and links the destiny of its oldest theatre with the destiny of the city of Beirut

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