Books - Review

Book review: Insider's View of Intellectuals

Anouar Abdel Malik is a hero of contradiction in The Papers of a Young Egyptian

Jess Walter: 'Beautiful Ruins' explores love, loss

The recently released novel spans five decades, between Italy and USA, and between an imaginary town in Italy and the set of the Hollywood classic, Cleopatra

Antigone in a remote Afghan military post

Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya takes the debate between soldiers and civilians to a new level in his latest book set in Afghanistan

Obituary: Anouar Abdel Malek

Hamza Qinawy, Abdel-Malek's personal assistant, gives Ahram Online his testimony of his boss and mentor

Afghan academics fired for 'offensive' ethnic book

The content of the book was considered as a grossly offensive and considered an insult to all the resident ethnicities

The good and the bad of modern India from Akash Kapur

Cryptic title of Akash Kapur's book, 'India Becoming,' begs question: becoming what?

Sacked head of National Library blasts culture minister

Zein Abdel-Hadi dismissed from his post as Chief of the National Egyptian Library and Archives talks to Ahram Online about what he believes happened

France gives top honour to Franco-Lebanese writer Maalouf

Amin Maalouf becomes one of France's 'immortals' with his induction into the Academie Francaise for his literary achievements

Malaysia bookstore manager charged by Islamic court over banned book

A Malaysian Islamic court on Tuesday charged a bookstore manager with selling a book by a Canadian Muslim lesbian activist that was recently banned in the Southeast Asian country.

Anouar Abdel-Malek, champion of pan-Arabism, dies at 88

Prominent Egyptian political thinker Anouar Abdel-Malek passed away in a Paris hospital on Friday night at 88

Book review: Does Egypt need the hidden power?

New book by Sameh Fawzy discusses the value of social capital and the role of civil society organisations in Egypt

Rifaat Salam aims to acquire Abdelrahman Badawi copyrights

The poet Rifaat Salam, editor in chief of the series 'Translation Horizons,' is negotiating with family members of the Egyptian thinker Abdelrahman Badawi to acquire the copyrights of Badawi's work

Esposito speaks on new book Islamophobia

John Esposito's latest work draws out the role of Arab dictatorships in exaggerating the image of political Islam before the West

Gandhi Archives set to fetch $1 million in auction

The archives shed new light on Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi and his time in South Africa

Syria poet tells UK literati cost of opposing Assads

Faraj Bayrakdar's daughter was just three when he was arrested in 1987 for his political activism

George Washington's US Constitution up for auction

The documents, which date to 1789 and are signed and annotated by the first U.S. president, are poised to fetch from $2 million to $3 million when they hit the block on 22 June

Nas Decameron: An island of culture in the sea of Tunisian politics

A small group started by novelist Kamel Riahi tries to save culture from the avalanche of politics that has taken over since the revolution

Oman Police arrests writers and poets for instigating the public

Activists sees the arrests as part of a wider campaign to target the opposition that criticizes the bad political and economical situations

French writer Hector Bianciotti dies

Bianciotti died after several years of illness that lost him his memory.

Book review: The importance of transparency in civil society funding

Shohaib calls for NGO funding to be properly monitored, arguing their role is detrimental to the country's national security

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