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12/29/2020 8:47:13 PM
A rich and totally captivating volume of reflections from a poignant poet and witty writer who lived in Egypt in the first half of the 20th century, Kamel El-Chennawie
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Books
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12/15/2020 5:51:27 PM
The awards announced the shortlists for the emerging writers in each category but did not announce the shortlist for the established writers’ division
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Heritage
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Heritage special
12/10/2020 6:10:04 PM
In her latest and final book of the Roh (Soul) trilogy, delving in the world of Sufism in the modern world, Rasha Zidan highlights the eternal wisdom of letting go
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Books
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11/29/2020 9:39:42 PM
The shortlist is expected to be announced in February 2021, and the winner will be announced between March and April
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Books
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11/29/2020 6:42:45 PM
Writer Sayed Mahmoud talks about his recently issued title “Mahmoud Darwich in Egypt: A text unknown”
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Books
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11/24/2020 10:11:57 PM
Stuart won the 50,000-pound ($66,000) literary award for ``Shuggie Bain,'' the powerful story of a boy coming of age with an alcoholic mother in poverty-scarred 1980s Glasgow
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Heritage
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Folk Arts
11/24/2020 3:15:25 PM
This year, the festival reviews the aragouz in the works of vernacular poetry pillar Fouad Haddad, prominent poet Said Hegab, and renowned script writer Abou El-Soud El-Ibiary
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Books
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11/15/2020 2:14:36 PM
Samir follows in the footsteps of late writer Ihsan Abdel-Koddous, who was the main reference in the life of the Egyptian upper class
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Books
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11/14/2020 12:14:27 PM
Kafrawy's passion was short stories, which he became one of its pillars of in Egypt
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
10/29/2020 8:06:23 PM
Comedian, prankster, comic book writer and television host, Ahmed Amin is a jack of all trades with obvious potential to join the long lineage of the most renowned Egyptian comedians
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Books
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10/15/2020 1:41:23 PM
Publisher Sherif Bakr talks about 'Arab Voices', a pioneering project to offer contemporary titles of Arab writers for the translation interest of Frankfurt Book Fair audiences
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
10/1/2020 12:00:00 AM
Nearly two decades after the death of the late Palestinian-American writer Edward Said, it is more important than ever that we adopt his thinking as a tool to analyse ourselves
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Books
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9/30/2020 5:01:01 PM
Haggag Addoul’s latest novel is one that positions him squarely as one of the most remarkable of Egypt’s present-day writers
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Books
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Reviews
9/15/2020 6:10:20 PM
The concept of secret societies that rules the world has been always a fascinating subject for writers, movie makers and readers
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Books
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9/10/2020 1:35:54 PM
The announcement of the winner Wednesday, 9 September, coincides with the 9th anniversary of the death of the iconic Egyptian writer
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Books
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News
8/31/2020 10:43:05 AM
Marvel Comics announced this month that it's assembled Native artists and writers for 'Marvel Voices: Indigenous Voices,' an anthology that will revisit some of its Native characters
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
8/22/2020 5:27:01 AM
Albert Memmi was one of the last remaining participants in the debates on North African decolonisation in the 1950s
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
7/27/2020 9:00:00 AM
'Al-Motafael', the National Theatre’s most successful play last season, is based on Candide, a novella by French writer Voltaire
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Books
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7/5/2020 6:53:00 PM
Writer El-Saeed Saleh delves into the psychology of a woman who had to give up her daughter, and the latter’s struggle for the truth about her life
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Books
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News
7/3/2020 4:55:48 PM
Anaya's World War II-era novel about a young Mexican-American boy's relationship with an older curandera, or healer, influenced a generation of Latino writers
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