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comics • 20 min read
New Arabic translation gives Golo’s adaptation of Albert Cossery’s Proud Beggars more layers of life
Sherif Abdel Samad | Sherif Abdel Samad looks at the new Arabic translation of Golo’s and Albert Cossery’s Proud Beggars
2 August 2018
literature • 21 min read
‘What was safety, anyway, but the sound of a bomb falling on someone else’s home?’
Sherif Abdel Samad | Sherif Abdel Samad speaks to Omar El Akkad about his new novel, American War
3 July 2018
literature • 22 min read
On Colombian literary giant Gabriel García Márquez as journalist
Sherif Abdel Samad | Sherif Abdel Samad looks at Márquez's journalistic works and their influence on his fiction
6 March 2018
literature • 24 min read
Excerpt from Amr Ezzat’s Room 304 Or How I Hid from My Dear Father for 35 Years
Mada Masr publishes an excerpt of the English version of Amr Ezzat's new memoir
17 February 2018
literature • 10 min read
A tale of two glass houses: On Egypt’s Craftsmen by Omar Taher and Glass House by Brian Alexander
Hadil Ghoneim | The sad history of a factory in Shubra is in some ways mirrored by the story of a factory in Ohio
31 August 2017
AUC Press • 13 min read
The impossibility of a life in the in-betweens: The Diaries of Waguih Ghali
Lara El Gibaly | A look at Volume 1 of Waguih Ghali's diary ahead of the 2nd installation's release
9 August 2017
book reviews • 11 min read
6 summer reading recommendations from Mada
Heba El-Sherif, Lara El Gibaly, Laura Bird, Maha ElNabawi and Rowan El Shimi | Five of us have chosen six diverse novels, most of which are available in Egypt’s bookstores.
11 July 2017
book reviews • 15 min read
How do we write about Palestine? 2 collections, 2 answers
Marcia Lynx Qualey | And why read parachute writers, even if they’re famous?
9 June 2017
literature • 10 min read
The pain of losing Syria: On Alia Malek’s The Home That Was Our Country
Tamara Alrifai | If you only read one book about modern-day Syria, this should be it
7 June 2017
 
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Opinion
Teresa Pepe
‘Literature’ is on trial in Egypt
In August 2014, an Egyptian citizen named Hani Saleh Tawfik came across issue 1097 of literary magazine
13 November 2015
Yasmin El-Rifae
PalFest on the road
I am writing this in the car on the way from the northern, Israeli-controlled city of Haifa to the West
23 May 2015
 
 
News
Ahmed Naji • 3 min read
Writer Ahmed Naji prevented from leaving Egypt
6 July 2017
freedom of expression • 5 min read
Ahmed Naji’s lawyers await details of his acquittal and retrial date
30 May 2017
Ahmed Naji • 3 min read
Jailed novelist Ahmed Naji to receive PEN award
31 March 2016
Ahmed Naji • 4 min read
Trial of Ahmed Naji and editor begins for writing sexually explicit text
14 November 2015
Alexandria • 4 min read
The Cairo International Book Fair expands
27 February 2014
 
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A question for our president
Andeel | Woman: "So what's the last book you read?"Sisi: "What is this stupid question?"
12 October 2015
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