|
Books
-
Reviews
6/18/2025 8:08:32 PM
In his latest novel, The Eleven, Egyptian writer Ahmed El-Karmalawy embarks on an ambitious literary journey that weaves together ancient myth, biblical narrative, and the modern dilemmas of authorship and storytelling
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
Lectures
5/20/2025 8:05:26 PM
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
Culture
5/9/2025 7:10:32 PM
Novelist Samar Nour told Al-Ahram Weekly all about her personal narrative of Nubia
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
Culture
5/5/2025 5:58:59 PM
Egyptian novelist Mohamed Samir Nada has been awarded the 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for his novel The Prayer of Anxiety published by the Tunisian publishing house Masciliana, which was announced in Abu Dhabi last week.
|
|
Books
-
Reviews
4/28/2025 7:28:20 PM
On 25 April, Egyptian author Mohamed Samir Nada was awarded the 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for his novel The Prayer of Anxiety, a darkly allegorical tale set in a secluded village in Upper Egypt.
|
|
Books
-
Reviews
2/27/2025 12:08:23 PM
As Egypt marks the fifth anniversary of Hosni Mubarak's death this February and recalls his 2011 ousting, Mohamed Salmawy's novel Oedipus on the Plane achieves an almost uncanny relevance within the current political landscape.
|
|
Life & Style
-
City Lights
2/22/2025 2:52:25 PM
The Cervantes Institute in Cairo and the Embassy of the Dominican Republic published an Arabic translation of Iván Gatón’s graphic novel The Wonders of America's Beginnings, introducing Dominican history and heritage to Arabic-speaking audiences.
|
|
Books
-
Reviews
2/1/2025 8:06:40 PM
Behind every man lies a recurrent story, a personal myth that guides his actions and shapes his destiny. In " Personal Myths" ( Assateer Shakhseya), Mohsen Abdel-Aziz, novelist, writer, and journalist, invites us to explore some invisible legends that have shaped some of Egypt's most significant historical characters.
|
|
Life & Style
-
Health
1/11/2025 11:48:44 AM
Genetically engineered mosquitoes with toxic semen could be a new weapon against tropical disease, Australian scientists said after trialling the novel pest control method.
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Visual Art
12/13/2024 6:09:44 PM
The Mahfouz-Tagore Caricature portrait exhibition, held from 11-17 December, commemorates the 113th birth anniversary of the renowned Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz and celebrates the achievements of the legendary Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.
|
|
Books
-
Reviews
10/28/2024 5:31:17 PM
Waqt Al-Shidda is a short historical graphic novel that depicts Mustansirite Hardship (named after the Fatimid Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah spanning from 1065 to 1072).
|
|
Books
-
Reviews
10/27/2024 5:40:04 PM
The Dictator’s Daughter, Mostafa Obeid's seventh novel, uses a flashback technique within an intriguing plot to uncover a secret hidden seventy years ago related to using women by security agencies as honeypots to put intended targets in compromising situations.
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
Culture
9/17/2024 11:24:17 PM
|
|
Books
-
News
9/15/2024 6:38:28 PM
Novelist Elias Khoury, one of Lebanon's most renowned writers and a fervent advocate of the Palestinian cause, died on Sunday from illness aged 76, sources close to his family told AFP.
|
|
Books
-
Reviews
9/11/2024 12:38:27 PM
Carnavale Al-Qahera – Moshahadat Min Akd Al-Tessa’inat` (Cairo's Carnaval – Images from the 1990s) is the testimony of prominent Alexandrian poet and novelist Alaa Khaled on a city he does not belong to but has a somewhat hidden affinity with.
|
|
Books
-
Reviews
9/7/2024 9:37:00 AM
In his sixth novel, Khaled Badawi presents a view on the impact of feudalism, monarchy, and the 1952 Revolution on the inhabitants of Naga Al-Sheikh Mas’ood - a fictitious Upper Egypt village in Qena Governorate.
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
Lectures
8/27/2024 6:45:03 PM
|
|
Books
-
Reviews
8/22/2024 1:38:08 PM
Mina Adel Gayed in his first novella Beit Al-Masakeen (House of the Poor) explores the Holy Family hideaway from the Romans in Minya Governorate during their journey, through the protagonist’s journey with his family.
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
Culture
8/13/2024 10:06:57 PM
The British writer P. H. Newby drew on his experiences in Egypt during World War II to found the Anglo-Egyptian comic novel, writes David Tresilian in an occasional series on books by visitors to Egypt.
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
Lectures
8/6/2024 9:55:17 PM
|