Latest in Tag: Books Highlight
Latest in Tag: Books
New arrivals on the shelves
New Egyptian titles offer a variety of subjects for your reading pleasure
New arrivals on the shelves
A Pilgrim Soul: Memoirs
Book sale aims at establishing cultural hubs
Fundraiser uses old books to fund charitable causes.
Head of General Book Organisation dismissed
Ahmed Megahed learned of his dismissal through a letter from the Ministry of Culture
Diwan donates books to school in Boulak
Diwan starts a new charitable program to encourage reading at impoverished schools.
Book Fair at Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Every year Alexandria’s main cultural attraction, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, organises the book fair which includes exhibits from publishers from all over Egypt, the Arab world, and Europe
The wall of rejected classics
I love The Shining. I’ve probably seen it more times than any other film. Watching Jack Nicholson go totally unheimlich and attempt to murder his family in an eerie, empty hotel in the middle of nowhere just seems to have a calming effect on me. Greatest horror movie ever made? I’m still going for The …
Writers’ Union announces solidarity with Youssef Zidan
Author Youssef Zidan faces religious blasphemy charges for exploring Islam, Christianity and Judaism in his novel Arab Theology
Bite Me Cairo: Reading About Feeding
Food writing is as varied as any other field, but again, not all are equal
Life continues at the Book Fair
Life at the Cairo Book Fair is going on as normal
The Cairo book fair is back, bring a cart
The 44th Cairo international book fair to commence on 23 January
New arrivals on the shelves
New book releases for reading addicts
Zamalek’s Sufi revisits classics of world cinema
Previous screenings have included masterful directors and renowned films such as Oscar-winner Life is Beautiful, Palme d’Or winner The Tree of Life, Tom Twyker’s stylish Run, Lola, Run and Bergman’s Persona
New arrivals on the shelves
New books this month
Buying used books anywhere in Egypt
The Bookspot advertised for used books and visited leaving ex-pats to buy up what they did not want to take back home
New arrivals
New book arrivals in Cairo’s bookstores
New Arrivals
As summer comes to an end it is time to pack away the entertaining beach-reads and browse through the new arrivals in Cairo’s bookstores. Brand new novels by Arab authors and new translations of treasured tales are vying for shelf space and the attention of the avid reader. Here is our pick for the coming month.
Police attack historic used book market in Alexandria
“All the kiosks have licences”, says a book vendor
Anniversary of Naguib Mahfouz’s death
Six years have passed since the Nobel Prize winner’s death