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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/17/2014 8:06:34 PM
From the Nobel-prize winning author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez to comedian Robin Williams and Palestinian poet Samih al-Qasim to Lebanese singer, actress Sabah... The world lost many remarkable artists and writers in 2014
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/16/2014 9:52:38 PM
2014 left many voids in Egypt's cultural landscape, as numerous artists and writers passed away, joining dozens of others we've already lost in over the past few years
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Books
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12/12/2014 6:22:13 PM
The Sudanese writer won the award for Shawq Al-Darwish (The Longings of a Dervish)
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Books
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12/11/2014 6:40:19 PM
The prize is awarded annually on the anniversary of the Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz's birthday.
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Books
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12/10/2014 4:21:54 PM
Tales of Beauty and Sadness, is the first novel by the young Egyptian writer, Ahmed Shawqy Ali, where he uses new techniques to narrate his tales based on the Mu'tazil principle of divine justice
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
12/9/2014 3:36:37 PM
On the process through which book cover designers are chosen, design trends, the relationship between cover art and sales, and the role of writers throughout
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Books
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12/1/2014 2:59:49 PM
Radwa Ashour, best known for her Trilogy of Granada, died on Sunday in Cairo after months of health problems
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Books
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11/20/2014 1:57:28 PM
Mohamed Nagi, considered one of the best writers of his generation, has died in Paris aged 68
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Books
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11/10/2014 1:21:40 PM
Diwan bookstore in Zamalek will host writer and journalist Nael El-Toukhy on 18 November
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Books
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News
11/8/2014 2:08:21 PM
A collective of young writers and artists looking to put Guam's stamp on the mainstream world of literature
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Egypt
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Politics
10/22/2014 6:25:40 PM
An Egyptian court has lifted a travel ban for two writers/activists accused along with 18 other public figures of insulting the judiciary
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
10/22/2014 3:25:27 PM
Amal Al-Jubouri, 47, who fled Saddam Hussein and took political asylum in Germany in 1998, was one of the first exiled writers to return to Iraq after his fall in 2003
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Books
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10/20/2014 4:19:52 PM
The latest book by Algerian novelist Samir Kacimi is light hearted and playful and delves into what it means to be a writer
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Books
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World
10/13/2014 3:21:57 PM
Chinese authorities has banned books by eight writers in an escalating crackdown on dissent
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Arts & Culture
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Film
9/16/2014 4:42:18 PM
Emirati film From A to B - with a screenplay by Egyptian writer and producer Mohamed Hefzy - is set to open this year's Abu Dhabi Film Festival
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Opinion
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9/8/2014 6:37:33 PM
The deteriorating security situation in Libya represents a major challenge for Egypt. The writer looks at what Egypt can or should do to safeguard its borders
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
8/17/2014 1:00:10 PM
Based on Andalusian writer Ibn Hazm's treatise on love, titled The Ring of the Dove, theatre director Hany Afifi's performance will also feature music by the House of Arab Oud
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Books
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Review
8/14/2014 12:50:24 PM
In his new book, the artist and writer recalls the melancholy of three short jail terms, focusing on his cell mates, prison life and the images that kept him company
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Books
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8/13/2014 2:43:23 PM
Alef Bookstore in Maadi will host Egyptian writer Ashraf El-Khamaysi on 15 August at 7:00pm to discuss his new novel Shard Deviation
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Arts & Culture
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Film
8/5/2014 10:59:24 AM
Based on the best-selling novel by Egyptian writer Alaa Al-Aswany, The Yacoubian Building will open the Queer Arab Film Festival at the University of Sydney on Wednesday 6 August
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