Political prisoners around the world have used reading, and literacy education, to survive years of imprisonment
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The complete works of legendary poet of vernacular Arabic, whose subversive verse continues to be popular today, are republished
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Merit Publishing House will host young Egyptian poet, Ahmed Nada, on Wednesday, 8 July to discuss his newly-released poetry collection
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Late author Mohamed El-Bosaty delved into the silent worlds of the village and the secret lives of women to capture images in unique, poetic language
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The renowned Egyptian writer passed away after a long struggle with liver disease
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Hassan Hanafi, one of Egypt's most famous, respected, yet controversial philosophers, details the situation just before and after the Arab Spring
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The book tracks the deeper meaning behind the literary texts of Mahfouz and his successors
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'Mawlana' Ibrahim Eissa's latest novel explores how religion is used in the sphere of politics
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A collection of letters by the Marxist intellectual Abdel-Azim Anis sheds light on the terrible conditions inside Gamal Abdel-Nasser's torture camps after the 1952 Free Officers' Coup
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El-Kersh provides a 'non-personal' yet 'non-objective' panorama of the break out of the Egyptian revolution, says the dream of a civil state is in shatters
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The head of a foundation created by Colombian Nobel literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez on Monday refuted claims from the author's brother that he is suffering from dementia
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After the high attendance at last year's Ramadan Book Fair premier in Faisal, the General Egyptian Book Organisation repeats the fair in the dense residential neighbourhood not known for cultural activity
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A discussion held Thursday on Waleed Toghan's new book on the foundations of Salafist thought illustrated well the challenges of debating with a school of religious thinking so sure of its convictions
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Al-Mismari expresses disbelief and joy at Saturday's vote after having spent 10 years in jail in the 1980s on charges of trying to form a political party
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Medieval manuscripts in Hebrew, Arabic and Latin will make their way to the US from Oxford's Bodleian Library this autumn
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The literary workshop is to host an event, 9 July, to mark late Egyptian novelist Ibrahim Aslan's success in winning the prestigious literature and arts award
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Urvashi Gulia's novel "My Way Is the Highway" uses glimpses of her life in a setting inspired from television industry
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In a gathering of devotees at Shorouk Bookstore in Zamalek, renowned Egyptian writer Bahaa Taher recalled the importance of intellectuals for the Egyptian renaissance, asserting that culture is critical to progress
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Newly published book by Ministry of Antiquities represents first fruits of project aimed at registering, documenting all of Egypt's historical sites
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'The Casual Vacancy' hits shelves on Sept. 27 and has been described in a brief synopsis by publishers Little, Brown as 'a big novel about a small town'
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