The Egyptian Ministry of Culture “defeated many challenges to complete all the works and equipment of Naguib Mahfouz Museum, stressing that what has been accomplished is a pride for all Egyptians and it reflects the country’s concern to preserve the historical vocabulary that formed its soft power.”
It was March 24, 2019 when Les Etoiles Bookshop opened in Rabat.
Our guest this episode was Ruqaya Izzidien, author of The Watermelon Boys, which was shortlisted for this year’s Betty Trask Prize.
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‘Children’s rights and safety’ was the subject of the 2019 edition of ‘Books Made in UAE’. Fatima Sharafeddine, an award-winning author of books for children and young adults, conducted the workshop.
“Brussels’ first international cookstore café with Arab identity, a place for literature, music, art, film, events & public conversations.”
“Iman Yehia’s novel, The Mexican Wife, turns into a literary whodunit, propelled by a quest for the truth about Yusuf Idris’ past.”
Many literatures are underrepresented — India has only eight authors; Turkey has one; China gets short shrift with 12 — but there is nothing quite as strange as the seats at the back of the classics created for “Africa” and “The Arab World.”
The University of Bonn has posted eight years of archives of the humor magazine al-Fukaha, published in Egypt by Dar al-Hilal.
