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Feb
20
Eco was best known for his novel 'The Name of the Rose,' transformed him from academic to international celebrity, especially after the medieval thriller set in a monastery was made into a film starring Sean Connery in 1986.  (more...)



Feb
12
Lebanese thinker George Corm, who spoke at Cairo International Book Fair, criticised the attribution of a religious tint to Arabic thought   (more...)

Feb
9
Writer and journalist Zeinab Abdelrazzak will discuss her newly published book on the life of the Lady of the Screen Faten Hamama, on Tuesday, 9 Feb at 6:00pm  (more...)

Feb
9
The names of the shortlisted authors were revealed this morning in a press conference in Muscat and included one Egyptian writer, two Palestinians, one Syrian, one Lebanese, and a Moroccan novelist  (more...)


Feb
2
The 47th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair kicked off on Wednesday 27 January with 850 publishers from 34 countries  (more...)

Jan
29
More than a mere curio, Prince Omar Toussoun's book on the Egyptian-Sudanese battalion that fought in the Franco-Mexican War is a treasure detailing a remarkable moment in Egypt's history  (more...)