Well known to specialists, but less familiar to the general public, Vienna’s ancient Egyptian Papyrus Museum should be part of every visit to the Austrian capital.
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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.
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British novelist Olivia Manning produced the single most ambitious treatment of expatriate life in Cairo during the Second World War, writes David Tresilian in an occasional series on books by visitors to Egypt
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British author Lawrence Durrell spent the Second World War in Alexandria, later using the city as the backdrop for the novels making up his Alexandria Quartet, writes David Tresilian in an occasional series on books by visitors to Egypt
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News of the death of the British Arabist Robert Irwin in London last week will have saddened his many admirers worldwide, writes David Tresilian
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Morocco was the guest of honour at this year’s Maghreb des Livres book fair in Paris, writes David Tresilian
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A new exhibition explores the relationship between modern Arab art and the French capital, writes David Tresilian in Paris
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New cultural destinations are sprouting up across the Arab Gulf, including a clutch of splendid new museums.
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This year’s Arab History Days at the Arab World Institute in Paris focused on the various meanings of love in the region, writes David Tresilian
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David Tresilian visits the third edition of the Paris African Book Fair, now well on its way to establishing itself as a major event on the French and European literary calendar
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David Tresilian continues his tour of world Egyptological collections in the run-up to the opening of Egypt’s Grand Egyptian Museum with a visit to the Louvre Museum in Paris
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Nearly a century after his death, the French orientalist painter Etienne Dinet has been finding new audiences in Algeria, as a new Paris exhibition reveals, writes David Tresilian
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A new translation of a mediaeval Arab cookery book is a welcome addition to a thriving field, writes David Tresilian
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A new exhibition at the Arab World Institute in Paris is exploring the history of Arab perfume.
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A 15th-century Arabic disquisition on the plague has appeared for the first time in English translation, writes David Tresilian
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David Tresilian continues his visits to some of the world’s major Egyptological collections before the opening of Egypt’s Grand Egyptian Museum — this week the British Museum and Petrie Museum in London
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With the excitement building before the opening of the new Grand Egyptian Museum, David Tresilian visits some of the world’s other major Egyptological collections — this week the Metropolitan and Brooklyn museums in New York
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Mediaeval monks and medics are the subjects of two welcome new additions to New York University’s Library of Arabic Literature, writes David Tresilian
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France’s National Museum of Immigration has reopened to visitors after three years of renovation, presenting an image of the country as both an importer and exporter of populations, writes David Tresilian
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The Battle of Alamein produced a remarkable British memoir of World War Two’s Desert War, writes David Tresilian in an occasional series on books by visitors to Egypt
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