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French author Annie Ernaux awarded Nobel prize in literature 2022 “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”.  (more...)

In his semi-memoire, Hekayat Taeir AlTabashir (“Stories of the Bird on the Chalkboard”), cartoonist and illustrator Ahmed Ezzalaarab shares recollections of and views on people and politics – with the 1970s figuring high in his stream of consciousness.  (more...)

A biography of the late George Floyd and poetry by Pulitzer Prize winner Sharon Olds were among the works included Thursday on long lists for the National Book Awards.   (more...)

The wave of attempted book banning and restrictions continues to intensify, the American Library Association reported Friday. Numbers for 2022 already approach last year's totals, which were the highest in decades.   (more...)

Ahmed Sabry Aboul-Fottouh tells the personal histories of Egypt's feudal masters and servants alike in his newest novel, Another History of Sadness.  (more...)

With the government’s fast and intense urban development plans across the city, Cairo’s history, present and future, is being subject to daily attention of the Egyptian press. Below is a short list of some titles providing many perspectives on this invincible capital.  (more...)

Ahmed Kheireddine’s latest title – To the Beloved’s Country – Zamzam’s Last Voyage – tells the sad “unofficial history” of a passenger boat during a trip in 1941 between Alexandria and New York as a belated tribute to unsung Egyptian heroes who got caught up in a side battle of World War II  (more...)

New never-before-seen handwritten memoirs by the only Arab Nobel laureate writer, Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006), will be published in a new book, according to a statement by the late novelist’s daughter.  (more...)

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.  (more...)

The stunning knife attack on author Salman Rushdie has fanned interest in his works -- above all, "The Satanic Verses," which left him living for years under a looming death threat.   (more...)