What Is the Brotherhood Vision for Culture?
As new culture minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz continues his firings, Muslim Brotherhood spokespersons — while denying that Abdel-Aziz is part of the MB — have been leaping to his defense: Statements […]
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Waguih Ghali’s Unpublished Papers Now Online
This is for all fans of Ghali and his brilliant “Beer in the Snooker Club,” although I post with mixed emotions.
Who Should the Egyptian Culture Ministry Serve?
Today in Ahram Online, Khaled Fahmy argues that between the two warring factions — the new Ministry of Culture and the artists and writers at the sit-in — “people get lost hungering for literature, music and art.”
If You’re in Lebanon: Please Donate to Children’s Library in Tyre
I just saw a note from Fatima Sharafeddine — author and translator of dozens of Arabic children’s books as well as a beautiful YA novel, Faten — about establishing a children’s library.
Big New Pan-african Fiction Prize for First-time Novelists
The “Etisalat Prize for Literature” — not to be confused with the million-dirham Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children’s Literature — launches this year, calling itself “first ever pan-African prize celebrating first time writers of published fiction books.”
If You’re in Cairo: Performances at ‘Occupied’ Culture Ministry
Starting Thursday afternoon, artists are planning to stage a musical program. Actor Mohamed Galal told Ahram Online: “The line-up will include performances of Azza Balbaa, Eman El-Bahr Darwish, Ramy Essam, Eskenderella, among many others.”
Job Opening at AUC Press and Bookstores
A version of this ad is set to appear in “The Bookseller” this week.
International Call for Action from Egyptian Centre of the International Theatre Institute
“We, the founding members of the Egyptian Centre of the International Theatre Institute, have been witnessing with increasing alarm the vicious onslaught against the defining foundations of Egyptian culture, with theatre and the performing arts at the forefront.”
‘Special Committee’ to Decide Fate of Egyptian Culture Minister
Dozens of prominent Egyptian artists and writers are holding an open-ended sit-in in the office of “Minister of Culture” Alaa Abdel-Aziz. They are there, they say, until the minister is replaced.