The only Egyptian nominee for this year's Arabic Booker, Eissa has relaunched his career as a novelist with 'Mouwlana'
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The new Cairo International Book Fair poster suggests the Egyptian writer is looking forward to a new era, say GEBO officials
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Judge Abdel-Gawad Yassin says Sharia law must be open to change because it is related to the social life of the people and argues religious practice in the public sphere must be restructured to take account of this fact
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At a recent conference, Egyptian historians and academics argue that religion has been used to serve authoritarian political interests since the East knew religion
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Mekkawi never accepted the common conception that philosophy and literature are opposed; he was known for his philosophical works and saw himself as a literary writer
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A writers' committee will republish books for cheap that they consider shaped Egyptian identity in a move to buffer Islamist efforts to narrowly define Egyptian culture
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Egyptian author's novel Bayt Al-Dib will be translated into English as part of the AUC award
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Sudan’s Mazin Mustafa examines the life and work of the late Argentinean writer Ernesto Sabato in his new book
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A meeting today between intellectuals and artists and President Morsi, aiming to discuss the arts and culture post-revolution, will take place without the country's two leading writers, who refuse to participate
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Yassin Al-Haj Saleh, who spent 16 years as a political prisoner in Syria, says that the imprisonment conditions in Syria are very different to those portrayed by British journalist Fisk in a recent newspaper article
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Egyptian intellectuals fear freedom of expression is threatened by what they consider a Brotherhood-controlled assembly that is drafting the new constitution
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German and Israeli groups criticise award of philosophy prize to pro-Palestinian Jewish-American Judith Butler
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Appointment of conservative editor-in-chief, Magdi Afifi, sparks fears among some journalists at Literature News, Egypt’s most established literary newspaper
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State-owned daily Al-Akhbar reduces number of pages devoted to free opinion, stopping writers – including Ibrahim Abdel-Meguid and Youssef El-Qaeed – from publishing editorials
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Egyptian authorities have slapped an import ban on 'A History of the Modern Middle East' by eminent Canadian academics, without disclosing the reasons
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For a second year running, popular Giza-based Ramadan book event will feature 130 publishers from across the region starting Thursday, says Minister of Antiquities; Egyptian book organisation boycotting Syrian publishing union
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Over a year after its launch, El-Fan Midan, which takes art to public spaces in governorates across Egypt, is facing financial difficulty and state attempts at control
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The Supreme Council of Culture releases a statement calling on President Mohamed Morsi to respect all state institutions, especially those in the cultural field
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Just announced after voting by members of the Supreme Council for Culture, author Aslan, scenarist Hamed and social scientist El-Gowhary win the state's highest award in their respective fields
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The highest awards in the culture field in Egypt will be announced throughout today in four categories, with prizes ranging from LE50,000 to LE400,000
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