5 Short Texts by Gamal al-Ghitani, 1945-2015
“Before the shadow of the old camphor tree lengthened, before the call to prayer at noon, they stretched out on the ground beside the field when the crop was ripe – a day or two before harvest.”
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Towering Egyptian Novelist and Cultural Critic, Gamal al-Ghitani, Dies at Age 70
Acclaimed Egyptian novelist and journalist Gamal al-Ghitani has died in a Cairo military hospital, aged 70
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This year, there was perhaps more serious talk about El Saadawi taking a Nobel Prize for Literature than in any year previous.
Film Adaptation of Yusuf Idris’s ‘House of Flesh’ Rejected by Egyptian Censors
According to Youm7 and El Watan, el-Ramly has changed his script version of “House of Flesh” in effort to have it approved.
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‘A New Phase for Arabic Literature in the West’
In ten years, Library of Arabic Literature General Editor Philip Kennedy said, those in attendance at Thursday’s event would be able to look back and say “I was there.”
Sharjah Book Fair Aims to ‘Create a New Record’
The Sharjah fair has swollen from just a handful of events in 2007 to a promised “nearly 900” — or “more than 900” — literary events set for 2015, as well as an anticipated 1.5 million individual book titles.
Lena Merhej’s ‘Jam and Yoghurt’ First Graphic Novel Translated from Arabic to French
“We are planning to create a collection of comics translated from Arabic into French, publishing at least two every year. “