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Books
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Reviews
4/20/2024 6:40:36 PM
In his novel Al-Hay Al-Sabie (Neighbourhood Seven), the writer Naïm Sabry tells the story of a group of friends who left Egypt for Libya after the debacle of 1967. Five years later, they return to discover that nothing is as before.
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Opinion
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4/15/2024 10:32:05 PM
Mohamed El-Tabei was a leading Egyptian political writer and a pioneer of the modern press in Egypt and the Arab world during the interwar period, who shaped Egyptians’ perception of the newly crowned King Farouk and helped galvanize generations of journalists.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
4/1/2024 1:45:19 PM
The Egyptian-American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Ramy Youssef called for a free Palestine in his eight-minute monologue on Saturday Night Live (SNL), which he hosted for the first time on 30 March.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
3/30/2024 10:17:59 PM
Egyptian-American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Ramy Youssef will host Saturday Night Live (SNL) for the first time on 30 March.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
3/18/2024 4:32:23 PM
The Afro-Asian Writers Union (AAWU) has launched the Edward El-Kharrat Prize for Literary Creativity in celebration of the Egyptian novelist and short story writer.
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Books
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Reviews
3/16/2024 2:47:22 PM
Moussem Ketabet Al-Banat – Waportraihat Okhra (A Season for Girls’ Writing – and Other Portraits) offers an insight into the early chapters of some of today’s prominent Egyptian and other Arab women writers.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Living
1/2/2024 9:26:37 PM
Personal-development writer Sherif Arafa shares tips on how to calm your mind and combat stress.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/28/2023 6:36:14 PM
Mbongeni Ngema, writer of the acclaimed musical "Sarafina" about student riots in apartheid Soweto, was killed in a car crash on Wednesday at the age of 68, his family announced.
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Books
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News
11/7/2023 5:46:58 PM
Writer and money management consultant Monika Halan offered golden advice to visitors at the Sharjah International Book Fair this week.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/5/2023 10:17:31 AM
A group of Jewish writers drafted a letter after seeing an old argument gain new power: the claim that critiquing Israel is antisemitic.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/1/2023 12:21:00 PM
Egyptian journalist and writer Mirna El-Helbawi explained to Ahram Online how her initiative could get thousands of eSims to Palestinians in Gaza amid a communications blackout.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Lectures
10/24/2023 9:38:42 PM
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Books
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News
10/24/2023 6:45:38 PM
Egyptian writer Ahmed El-Meslemany has been appointed the new Secretary-General of the Writers Union of Asia, Africa, and Latin America (WUAALA), an organization affiliated with the Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization (AAPSO).
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World
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International
10/5/2023 2:37:24 PM
The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Norwegian writer Jon Fosse for “his innovative plays and prose, which give voice to the unsayable,” according to the Swedish Academy.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
9/25/2023 10:13:32 AM
Striking writers whose industrial action has paralyzed Hollywood said Sunday they had reached an "exceptional" deal with studios that could see them go back to work.
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World
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International
9/23/2023 9:59:04 AM
Hollywood writers and studios will meet for a fourth consecutive day of high-level talks Saturday, as the industry hopes to end to the costly 145-day Writers Guild of America strike.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
8/11/2023 12:05:55 PM
The Emmy Awards have been postponed by almost four months, organizers said Thursday, as crippling strikes by Hollywood's actors and writers drag on with no resolution in sight.
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World
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International
8/10/2023 10:16:06 PM
Hollywood's writers' union will return to the bargaining table this week after studios requested a meeting to explore ways to end the ongoing strike, the guild said Thursday.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
8/9/2023 8:08:04 PM
The Chilean ambassador to Egypt Roberto Ebert gifted the Bibliotheca Alexandrina with a collection of literary works by iconic Chilean writers and poets.
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Books
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News
7/26/2023 5:54:34 PM
Shawky Hegab, a prominent Egyptian poet, writer, and artist who specialized in children's literature, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 77.
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