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Journalist and activist Hanan Kamal wrote a non-fiction book that captures her experience of breast cancer
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A novel, a philosophical work, or memoires? Room 304 is an amalgamation of all that
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In what appears otherwise as a well-written and simple story, Shady Lewis has written a novel with philosophical depth about the lives we lead, and the ones we might want
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Achraf El-Achamwi's latest novel is disappointing and flat for a novel that promises to be an expose of sensitive issues
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Baligh Hamdy was a giant of Egyptian and Arab music who lived his art, his loves and his life to the fullest, as ably revealed by author Mona El-Bakry
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Amal Radwan delves into the lives of Syrian refugees in Jordan in a novel that raises questions about war, politics, and the inner world of women’s lives
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Nabil Nour Eldin, in a idiosyncratic but enjoyable novel, delves into the kinds of political escapades that emerge when politics is off-limits to all but an elite
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Mohamed Baraka’s fifth novel is a fascinating take on a perennial interest: the experience of the foreigner who finds himself in the West
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Enayat El-Zayat’s first and only novel, recently republished, was set in 1950, preserving a snapshot of the early development of feminist thought in the Arab world
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The story begins with the murder of Ismail, the leader of an intelligence unit in a safe house where the members live together in a military camp- like environment.
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The writer throughout the novel uses the flash forward and flashback techniques when the three main characters speak about themselves and the situations they come across
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The poorest classes in the society have very little influence on the economic policies that affect their lives
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Egyptian writer Hamed Abdel-Samad explores philosophical themes in his second novel 'Bastet's Last Trip'
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