Books
5 Short Texts by Gamal al-Ghitani, 1945-2015
Translator Humphrey Davies, who translated al-Ghitani’s Pyramid Texts and The Mahfouz Dialogues, told the Associated Press that al-Ghitani pioneered a style “which was a kind ……Read More
Lifestyle
Immigration
Reality Check on Immigrant Education
Nearly half of all working-age high school dropouts in the U.S. are foreign-born The Pew Hispanic Center recently noted an uptick in the education level ……Read More
Books
On the Re-release of Nawal El Saadawi’s Books in English: 8 Online Reads
Egyptian writer Nawal El Saadawi has had more than 20 books translated from Arabic into English, making her English’s most-translated Arab writer after Naguib Mahfouz: ……Read More
Immigration
Remittances: What the Beautiful People See and What Actually Happens
When you go to a conference run by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund or similar entities, you run into lots of beautiful ……Read More
Food
PSA: Marshmallow Only Lucky Charms Now A Thing
CHILDHOOD DREAMS DO COME TRUE, FRIENDS. The “unicorn of the cereal world” a.k.a. Marshmallow Only Lucky Charms is now a reality. I'm so excited, I ……Read More
Art & Culture
Film Adaptation of Yusuf Idris’s ‘House of Flesh’ Rejected by Egyptian Censors
The screen adaptation of Yusuf Idris’s “House of Flesh,” crafted by celebrated Egyptian playwright and scriptwriter Lenin El-Ramly, was apparently rejected by Egypt’s state censor on charges ……Read More