Added on 11/07/2014
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Africa , Ahdaf Soueif , Alexia Underwood , Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian people , Funk rock , Human Interest , journalist and researcher , Middle East , Mona Prince , Prince , Radwa Ashour , United States , writer
ALEXIA UNDERWOOD, ARABLIT: She was a presidential candidate so it’s not surprising that Mona Prince has much to say about today’s Egypt
Added on 24/01/2014
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Aida Bamia , American University in Cairo Press , Arabic literature , author , Barbara Romaine , Entertainment/Culture , Hanan al-Shaykh , Hoda Barakat , Lebanese people , Marilyn Booth , Michelle Hartman , Paula Haydar , Radwa Ashour , Sahar Khalifeh , translator , William Granara
M. LYNX-QUALEY: I’m a less than enthusiastic participant in the ‘Women to Read’ movement but here are some writers worth spending time with.
Added on 24/07/2011
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Al Masry Al Youm , Crown Prince , Egypt , Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , Humphrey Davies , Literature , Novelist , Poet , Radwa Ashour , Ramallah , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
M. LYNX-QUALEY: Son of an acclaimed literary family, Tamim al-Barghouti’s ‘weird accent and non-Egyptian features’ seem to be a problem for some in Egypt…
Added on 21/04/2011
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Al Ahram Weekly , Alexandria , Arabian Gulf , AUC Press , Bahaa Taher , Bahrain , Beirut , Cairo , Catherine Cobham , Christina Phillips , Columbia University , Denys Johnson-Davies , Editor-in-Chief , Edward Said , Egypt , Elias Khoury , Emile Habibi , Gamal al-Ghitani , Ghassan Kanafani , Google+ , Haifa , Hanan al-Shaykh , Hassan Nasrallah , Humphrey Davies , Ibrahim Abdel Meguid , Ibrahim al-Koni , Ibrahim Aslan , Ibrahim Jabra , Indiana University , Iraq , Islah party , Italy , Khairy Shalaby , Kuwait , Literature , Minister of Information , Morocco , Mourid Barghouti , Naguib Mahfouz , Novelist , Paris , Peter Theroux , Qatar , Radwa Ashour , Rashad Abu Shawar , Salwa Bakr , Samia Mehrez , Shakir Mustafa , Syracuse University , Syria , Tawfiq al-Hakim , United Kingdom , William Hutchins , Yemen Times , Yusuf Idris
M. LYNX-QUALEY: The Arab Writers Union has listed the Top 100 Arabic novels. Puzzling, annoying, lists such as this are nevertheless fun.
Added on 18/03/2011
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Cairo , Christina Phillips , Egypt , Galal Amin , Isis , Israel , Khaled al-Berry , Literature , Mahmoud Darwish , Marilyn Booth , Middle East , Mourid Barghouti , Nawal al-Saadawi , Palestinian Territories , Paris , Piers Amodia , Poet , Radwa Ashour , Ramallah , Samuel Shimon , Sayyid Qutb , Tahrir Square , Women’s Prison
M.LYNX-QUALEY: It’s almost impossible to choose just five ‘must read’ biographies from the Arab world. When asked to do so I managed to limit it to six.
Added on 09/03/2011
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Abu Dhabi , Al Ittihad , Egypt , Gamal al-Ghitani , Khaled al-Berry , Literature , Morocco , Radwa Ashour , Raja Alem , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , The National
M. LYNX QUALEY: The award has stirred controversy this year as other years, with authors such as Gamal al-Ghitani and Radwa Ashour refusing to be nominated.
