Art

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession. Albert Camus

Lesson from Egypt: How to Reject a Literary Prize

Lesson from Egypt: How to Reject a Literary Prize

ALI GHARIB, MONDOWEISS: A lesson in how to reject a prize yet 'engage in dialogue' with a regime of which you are critical. …

‘Red lines’ Attacked in post-revolution Egypt

‘Red lines’ Attacked in post-revolution Egypt

M. LYNX-QUALEY: Victory was met with hopes that red lines had been blown away and a new era of artistic freedoms had begun. But the red lines may take a bit more rolling.…

Tahrir and The ‘Liberation’ of Arabic Literature

Tahrir and The ‘Liberation’ of Arabic Literature

M.LYNX QUALEY: “We had a psychological barrier – what I call ‘the policeman inside us’. That policeman was killed” on Tahrir Square."…

Is Saudi Softening its Stance Towards Cinema?

Is Saudi Softening its Stance Towards Cinema?

CROSSROADS ARABIA: There would be tens of thousands of young men and women with something to do with their time other than to shop or loiter around shopping malls...…

Alexandria Library Needs to Be More Accessible

Alexandria Library Needs to Be More Accessible

M. LYNX-QUALEY: Hailed as a symbol of 'New Egypt' the Alexandria Library has a way to go before it wins the hearts of Egyptians. It could start with the young.…

A Message for Arab Poets: Stick to the Poetry!

A Message for Arab Poets: Stick to the Poetry!

M.LYNX-QUALEY: According to Syrian poet, Adonis, the Arab world is affected by a great 'apathy' - surely a criticism that can be brought no longer...…

Egyptian Novelists Respond to Church Bombing

Egyptian Novelists Respond to Church Bombing

M. LYNX-QUALEY: Egypt's three leading contemporary novelists reflect on the origins, significance and consequences of the recent bomb attack on a Coptic church in Alexandria. …

Religion & Fiction: The Problems of Self Censorship

Religion & Fiction: The Problems of Self Censorship

M. LYNX QUALEY: No Arabic writers can really write about religion, for instance. People can write about politics, in some countries, they can write about sex, but the fundamental questions...…

New Lawrence of Arabia Bio – “Fabulously Weird”

New Lawrence of Arabia Bio – “Fabulously Weird”

TABSIR: Fanatically brave, chillingly ruthless, he was fastidious, repressed, allergic to physical contact, addicted to roasting baths. He was fabulously weird.…

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