Books

Books

The booksellers of Cairo: An urban trail of eight of the city's antiquarian bookstores

Whether it's vintage maps, film posters or photographs, a tour of Cairo's bookshops can reveal much about its past
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How Diwan bookstores created an inclusive and enduring model of bookselling in Egypt
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As Abdulrazak Gurnah's publisher, I thought Nobel winner's moment might have gone
Alexandra Pringle
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Duse Mohamed Ali: Fleet Street's first Black Muslim editor, with an international vision
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Dune: How interstellar epic avoids Middle East stereotypes
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Arab Fairy Tale Feasts: Stories and recipes for the hungry young reader
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Between Two Islands: How British Bahrainis found a home in poetry
Inside Egypt
Egypt bans ‘extremist’ and Muslim Brotherhood literature in mosque libraries
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Fire and the Phoenix asks us to rethink the roles of religion, clan and power
Khalid Hajji
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From Babel to Berlin: How Arabic literature can unite the world
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Learn to read and write in Nubian
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James Baker: The man who said No to Israel
Jonathan Steele
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Poets, fighters and dreamers: Kurdish women tell their own stories
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How Beirut's bookshops kept love of literature alive during war, boom and bust
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'Hot Maroc': Yassin Adnan's satirical debut novel plots the death of Moroccan politics
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17 new books by Palestinian writers that are worth reading
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Israel-Palestine: 11 books to read on the history of the conflict
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Review: Reclaiming Syrian prison literature
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Palestine: A socialist introduction to the liberation struggle
Sai Englert
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The Critical Case of a Man Called K: Saudi author's debut tackles illness and transformation
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Kahlil Gibran: Remembering legendary Lebanese-born poet 90 years on
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Midnight in Cairo: The glitz, glamour and grit of Egypt’s leading ladies
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'The Book of Ramallah': Ten stories that paint a portrait of a city