Books

We have become so accustomed to thinking of religion as a place of singularity in human identity that Diary of a Jewish Musilm gives all the shock in translation ……Read More

gyptian novelist and poet Mohamed Nagui died in Paris after undergoing liver surgery. He was 68: Nagui, who won the Nile Award (formerly State Excellence ……Read More

The last month has been a tense time in Benghazi. Hundreds have died in the fight for Libya’s second city, and literary hopes — like others ……Read More

The Egyptian Board on Books for Young People (EBBY) has begun its new life with a talk at Al-Balsam Bookstore in Mohandiseen. Two problem areas ……Read More

This essay first appeared on Baraza, a critical collaboration on the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa:  By Xavier Luffin “People don’t know what it means to ……Read More

Egyptian novelist Youssef Ziedan made a widely shared statement on Facebook yesterday: He will suspend “any cultural action or interaction in Egypt and the Arab world.” This ……Read More