"And here I am, aimlessly wandering the streets / As the night weighs long and dark upon the land and I."
Sawiris Shortlist for Established Writers, Announcement of Winners Delayed
On Sunday, the Sawiris Foundation announced that the ceremony for this year's Sawiris Cultural Award -- usually a major event on January's literary calendar -- will be pushed back to April. Organizers also published shortlists for several more categories, including the novel and short-story collection categories for established writers.
‘Awlad al-Nas’: Transforming our View of Mamluk Egypt
Awlad al-Nas (literally Children of the People) offers insight into Egyptians’ lives during the Mamluk period (1250–1517), which played a key role in Egypt’s history.
Sherin Younis on Motherhood, Dreams, and ‘A Fish in Search of Its Limbs’
"Nobody has the power to impose a limit on the madness of dreams and their ideas, and consequently nobody can judge you for that."
Friday Finds: 5 New Translations of Iman Mersal
"Marrying a piano player / is different from marrying a sailor."
Organizers Announce ‘Emerging Writer’ Shortlists for 2020 Sawiris Cultural Awards
Winners of the Sawiris Prize are expected to be announced at a ceremony at the Cairo Opera House in January 2021.
Egyptian Novelist Bahaa Abdelmegid Dies after Complications from Covid-19
"Abdelmegid died on Sunday evening at the Ain Shams Field Hospital."
Naguib Mahfouz Day: New Reads and More for the Author’s 109th
"More from 2020 in the afterlife of Naguib Mahfouz."
Egyptian Sci Fi Novelist Nabil Farouk Dies at 64
"His daughter, Reham Farouk, announced that he had died of a heart attack."
Bulaq 60: ‘Paranormal’
Ursula Lindsey and M Lynx Qualey talk about the show on Episode 60: "Paranormal."
What 1930s Egyptian Travel Writing Says About the ‘Arab Mediterranean’
"The interwar years were a golden age for travel writing in Egypt and the Middle East in general; scores of new books arrived to tell Arabic readers about the increasingly connected world."
Cairo International Book Fair Pushed to June and July, 2021
The fair's new dates are June 30 to July 15, the committee's statement said.
