Books - Reviews

Book Review: A life journey linking the Israelites with their Arab cousins

In his debut novel, Dr. Osama Abdel-Raouf El-Shazli, who is an orthopaedic surgeon, chooses an unprecedented setting for his tale: the years the Israelites spent wandering in the wilderness led by the Prophet Moses after the Exodus.

Book review: In your tongue, words for coexistence

Italian Professor Giovanni Gobber’s fascinating book, Languages, Cultures and Experiences, shows how languages transcend political borders to co-exist and develop with one another, helping to explain why – for example – Arabic words can be found in European languages.

Book Review: Akhenaten, the Lost Prophet

Al-Nabi Al-Mafqood (The Lost Prophet Akhenaten), by Sherif Shaaban, (Cairo: Al Rowaq Publishing), 2022.

Book Review: The Sliding Doors, second guessing life choices

El-Abwab El-Monzaleka (The Sliding Doors) by Sohair Sabry, (Cairo: Al Ain Publishing house), 2020

Book Review: An Irish hitman juggles murder with parenthood

Patrick Callen, a Dublin, Ireland hitman with a mild case of obsessive-compulsive disorder, stays organized by making lists. On his first day in Keith Bruton's debut novel, the list includes: Buy Food, Sleep With Olivia, Visit Ma, Kill Henry O'Neil.

Book Review: Café Riche, a history of modern Cairo

Maqha Riche: Ain Ala Misr (Cafe Riche: An Eye on Egypt), by Maisoon Sakr, (Cairo: Nahdet Misr Publishing), 2021

Ibrahim Abdel-Meguied, Dawood Abdel-Sayed and Iraqi Qais Azzawi win Egypt's top cultural honour

Egypt's highest state awards in art, literature, and social sciences for 2022 were announced on 7 June, with writer Ibrahim Abdel-Meguied, director Dawood Abdel-Sayed, and late Iraq thinker Qais Azzawi winning the top honour, the Nile Award.

Obituary: Muzzafar Al-Nawab, Iraq's eternal exile returns home one last time

With the passing of Iraq's renowned communist poet Muzzafar al-Nawab, who faced jail time and exile in the 1960s, a rich chapter of Iraqi poetry has come to an end.

'How to murder your husband' writer on trial for murder of husband

A writer who penned a piece titled "How To Murder Your Husband" is on trial in the United States for...killing her husband.

Book Review: Lovers Club – The revolution as a conspiracy

Nadi El Mohebin (Lovers Club) by Sobhi Moussa, (Cairo: Samaa Publishing House, 2021).

Egypt’s Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Emirati Maisoon Saqer among winners of the 16th Sheikh Zayed Book Award

The Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) has announced the winners for its 16th edition across seven categories on Tuesday.

Nashville library offers 'I read banned books' library cards

Nashville Public Library is responding to library scrutiny in Tennessee with a goal to distribute 5,000 ``I read banned books'' library cards this month.

The case against religious segregation for Egypt's Copts

In three books produced over the last five years, researcher Robert Fares explains why the Copts of Egypt can never be confined to a ghetto.

Book Review: Remembering the 70s and 80s

Ana Atazakar (I Remember), by Abdel-Rahim Darwish, Maktabet Nancy Publishing, Damietta 2019, pp202

Book Review: The cruise of the dreams, love in a place without a place

Safinat Al-Ahlam (“The Cruise of the Dreams”), by Eman El-Emary, (Cairo: Dar Tweeta), 2022.

Book Review: The humorously arrogant travels of Gihan El-Gharabawy

Gihan Toheb El-Safar (Gihan Loves to Travel), by Gihan El-Gharabawy, Cairo Ghorab for Publishing and Distribution, Cairo, 2021.

Book Review: 'Tales of Women from Our Land,' an approachable read about gender

Elham Fateem’s collection of vignettes about successful Egyptian women in nontraditional careers makes an interesting and approachable read about gender for specialists and the the public alike.

Book Review: Muslim Jews - A new minority in the making

El-Muslim El-Yahoudi (Diary of a Jewish Muslim), by Kamal Ruhayyim, Cairo, Egypt: El-Ein Publishing House, 2021

Book Review: 'Shortly Before the End,' unraveling the myth of the Just Dictator

The atmosphere of the pandemic has been dominating the writer’s imagination.

Ehsan Abdel-Kouddous: A literary legacy reintroduced

More than 30 years after his death, novelist Ehsan Abdel-Kouddous is getting a new recognition, with re-prints, translations and more drama adaptations of his works.

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