Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
4/18/2022 12:08:00 PM
The winner of this year’s Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation was announced in London in January in another bumper year for Arabic literature abroad.
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Books
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News
12/31/2021 1:19:13 PM
Renowned Arabic literature professor and former Egypt Minister of Culture Gaber Asfour passed away on Friday at the age of 77.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Art
9/9/2021 4:12:00 PM
In his latest body of work Tales of Scheherazade, Klay Kassem is deeply inspired by the masterpiece of Arabic literature One Thousand and One Nights
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
1/29/2021 12:12:00 PM
Two intriguing new volumes have been added to the Library of Arabic Literature of classical Arabic literary works in English translation
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
12/20/2020 6:16:54 PM
Personal experience leaves Youssef Rakha feeling old
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
4/14/2020 3:39:09 PM
The Library of Arabic Literature has been making more of its English translations of Arabic literature available in paperback editions
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
12/29/2019 11:59:22 AM
At the end of the decade, Youssef Rakha indulges his Arabic-literature ego
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Books
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12/17/2019 5:19:07 PM
The longlist includes 13 male and three female authors from nine countries, ranging in age from 34 to 75
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Books
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11/7/2019 7:44:00 PM
The prize, founded in 2013, is awarded by the Institute of the Arab World in Paris and the Jean-Luc Lagardère foundation
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Books
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9/16/2018 11:47:33 AM
The City Always wins was published in 2017 in English and is set during the 25 January revolution
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Books
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5/23/2017 5:17:41 PM
This piece, originally published in 2012, takes a glimpse into his life as one of the greatest to ever work in the field of Arabic literature
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Books
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3/16/2017 9:32:03 PM
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Books
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3/19/2016 12:03:19 PM
The lecture is organised by the American University in Cairo and Bayard Dodge Foundation
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Books
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12/8/2015 10:24:21 AM
El-Kharrat is considered one of the founders of the modern Arabic novel and short story as well as a pioneer of Arabic literature. He was also a prominent critic and translator
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
6/17/2014 12:49:02 PM
Renowned critic and Arabic literature professor Gaber Asfour, Egypt's new minister of culture, and PM Ibrahim Mahlab agree on vision to prioritise Egypt's cultural structure
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Books
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4/29/2014 6:53:54 PM
One of the top prizes in Arabic literature goes to Iraqi writer for his novel Frankenstein in Baghdad
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Books
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11/17/2013 10:32:40 AM
The French Institute in Cairo is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of the 'dean of Arabic Literature,' Taha Hussein
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Books
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11/10/2013 7:25:55 PM
Egyptian authors and historians recently commemorated the 40th anniversary of the death of the 'dean of Arabic literature,' Taha Hussein, reflecting on the continued significance of his renaissance project
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Books
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11/5/2013 11:02:23 AM
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina exhibits at Al-Sennary House a collection of previously unseen original documents to commemorate the dean of Arabic literature's 40th death anniversary
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Books
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5/8/2013 6:55:36 PM
Moroccan author Adil Hadjami fills an important gap in Arabic language philosophical criticism with his award-winning new book on Gilles Deleuze
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