Posts Tagged with ‘Fiction:Egypt’
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The Dentist as Observer – in Egypt
02 Jan 2014Alaa al Aswany, author of the remarkable novel, “The Yacoubian Building,” from which a very good 2006 film was made,…
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The Map of Love – Ahdaf Soueif, Egypt & England
14 May 2011Adhaf Soueif, of Egptian and British heritage and upbringing has set herself a formidable task in The Map of Love:…
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“I Think of You” — Stories from Ahdaf Soueif, Egypt and England
18 Apr 2011Giving birth in a Muslim hospital where a sign in English reads, ‘Under no circumstance you must be alone with…
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Nawal El Saadawi: Still in the Mix in Cairo at 80
02 Feb 2011Nick Kristof in one of his posts from Tahrir Square in Cairo, talks about a hero of his, Dr. Nawal…
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Adrift on the Nile — a Novel of Egypt by Naguib Mahfouz
05 Jan 2011I came to Naguib Mahfouz’s novel Adrift on the Nile after having seen the movie of the same name. As…
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Adrift on The Nile – A Film from Egypt, Mahfouz
31 Dec 2010Adrift on the Nile is a 1971 film from Egypt, directed by Hussein Kamal, who has some 10 movies to his…
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Wedding Song by Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt
28 Dec 2010Wedding Song, by Naguib Mahfouz, Nobel Prize winning Egyptian author, was written in 1981 well into his writing life which…
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The Thief and the Dogs by Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt
20 Dec 2010I wrote last week about an Egyptian novel, Stealth, by Sonallah Ibrahim, which while I liked I felt presented certain…
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Stealth a Novel by Sonallah Ibrahim, Egypt
10 Dec 2010Ignorance of Arabic writing in the West might only be exceeded by ignorance of that of any particular nationality in…
