By: Youssef Ziedan

The Arabic edition of this book was our book of the month in January 2015. The English edition is translated by Jonathan Wright in 2013. Set in the 5th century AD, Azazeel is the exquisitely crafted tale of a Coptic monk's journey from Upper Egypt to Alexandria and then Syria...

By: Ibrahim Abdelfattah

By: Tahia Gamal Abdel Nasser

 Tahia Gamal Abdel Nasser and Tahia Khaled Abdel Nasser American University in Cairo Press Arabic version by Dar Shorouk   Gamal Abdel Nasser, architect of Egypt's 1952 Revolution, president of the country from 1956 to 1970, hero to millions across the Arab wo...

By: Saud Alsanousi

Saud Alsanousi and Jonathan Wright (translator) Bloomusbury September 2015 Arabic version by Arab Scientific Publishers 2012 The Bamboo Stalk takes an unflinching look at the lives of foreign workers in Arab countries and confronts the universal problems of identity, race and rel...

By: Francois Basili

By: Salwa Lubani

The book discusses the problems faced by Egyptian and Arab intellectuals in current times. Censorship is the main theme represented in the work and such restriction is perceived as a major factor in discouraging creativity and freedom of expression in light of the growing presenc...