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Egypt’s Literary Gems: Mansoura Ez-Eldin’s The Refuge of Absence
Tarek Ghanem
| Ez-Eldin’s stories take us on an honest, eclectic and endlessly creative tour
literature
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Literary gems: Adel Esmat’s The Tales of Yusuf Tadrus
Sherif Abdel Samad
| Adel Esmat imagines himself a Coptic Christian in this recent novel, which Sherif Abdel Samad finds mesmerizing
literature
10 min read
Literary gems: Latifa al-Zayat’s The Open Door
Ismail Fayed
| A novel that enmeshes the struggle of ambitious young women with the national independence struggle
literary gems
10 min read
Literary gems: Nawal Saadawi’s The Fall of the Imam
Ismail Fayed
| Saadawi has long been though of as a pioneering feminist and a mediocre novelist
literary gems
12 min read
Literary gems: Gone are the Days of the Pearls
Ismail Fayed
| On pearls, psychoanalysis and pre-oil nostalgia.
literary gems
9 min read
Literary gems: Shubra
Sherif Abdel Samad
| Having grown up in Shubra myself, I was immediately sucked into Naim Sabry’s novel and finished its
Ihab Hassan
10 min read
Literary gems: On being Egyptian and Ihab Hassan’s Out of Egypt
Tarek Ghanem
| Whether or not you endorse all of Hassan’s choices, particularly his rejection of Egypt, the depth
book reviews
10 min read
Egypt’s literary gems: Malim the Great
Sherif Abdel Samad
| For our first literary gem from Egypt, Sherif Abdel Samad tackles Adel Kamel's laugh-out-loud satire
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