Judge Tahany El-Gebaly and legal expert Yehia El-Gamal will discuss 'The World's Constitutions' on Sunday at 7pm
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Algeria's culture minister says that 300 books have been banned from the 17th Algerian Book Fair because they were deemed in praise of terrorism, racism or colonialism
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Four Egyptian authors describe their work in relation to the revolution, arguing that where history is comcerned testimony and literature come together
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Speaking at first public lecture in AUC's summer academy programme, Lebanese writer inimitable Elias Khoury provides fresh insight into art, history and the rough-and-tumble politics of the Middle East
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Celebrated Marxist economist Samir Amin discusses two of his recently re-printed books on Nasserism, communism and globalisation, warning against depredations of the 'new imperialists'
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The renowned Lebanese author's discussion of the intellectuals' role in revolution and the debate on the new political order in the Arab world
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Apple Inc and four major publishers offer to let retailers such as Amazon.Com sell e-books at discount to settle an EU antitrust investigation into their pricing deals and avoid possible fines
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As violent protests over US-made film rock Muslim world, Salman Rushdie publishes his account Tuesday of the decade he spent hiding because of his book 'The Satanic Verses'
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'The People of Forever are Not Afraid,' Shani Boianjiu's debut novel, is based partly on her own experiences as woman in the Israeli Defense Forces, hardly political
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Egypt will make an imprint with its largest participation ever in the Algerian International Book Fair, which coincides with the country's 50th anniversary of independence
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Renowned author Amin will reveal two new books at celebration of Al-Ain publishing house's new premises in downtown Cairo, Tuesday
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Abul-Ezz, Ahmed Shawaqi's secretary, recalls the details of the life of the great Egyptian poet who influenced the path of Arabic poetry until today
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The website aims to refute the prevailing misconception that the contributions of Muslim scientists and thinkers did not go beyond a certain period of time
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Rushdie, an Indian-born British novelist who has nothing to do with the film, was condemned to death in 1989 by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran's late leader, over his novel "The Satanic Verses".
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For the first time the leftwing independent leader offers "his most sincere apologies" for exacerbating the "pain and humiliation" of victims of ETA
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The Arabic translation of Reading Maya Glyphs, a compilation of the scientific material on the rich culture, will be launched at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in cooperation with the Mexican embassy
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Hasan Cemal, a columnist with the Milliyet daily, and the grandson of WWI Ottoman Empire general Cemal Pasha, lays out the evolution of his thinking on the issue in the book '1915: The Armenian Genocide'
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The American University in Cairo Press is holding a Neighborhood Book Fair on 22-24 September featuring a lecture by Gamal El-Ghitani
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The 'Aesthetics and Politics: Counter-Narratives' conference will be held at the American University in Cairo and other locations 17-26 September
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Since the outbreak of last year's Egyptian Revolution, Gamal El-Ghitgani has been sparking controversy, not for his literary value but for his political views on the revolution’s path
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