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Revolution goes through walls
By: Safaa Fathy

Poetry. Middle Eastern Studies. Translated by Pierre Joris. REVOLUTION GOES THROUGH WALLS was first published in Arabic by Sharkyat in 2014. Tarabuste Editions published a French edition, Révolution traverse des m...

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Absolution: A Palestinian Israeli Love Story
By: R.F. Georgy

Reviews by Mary Ray, USA "This book is not what I expected. Yes, it is a love story, but it is so much more. In a way, I got a crash course on the Palestinian Israeli conflict. While it is impossible to get a bal...

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الأيام طه حسين نسخة الكترونية
By: Taha Hussein

قليل هم الذين ترجموا لأنفسهم في أدب العرب والمسلمين. ونحن نرحب بهذه الترجمة الذاتية الصادقة، لأنها تمد الأدب العربي بظفر جديد. لقد وصل طه حسين إلى أعلى المناصب في الدولة فكان وزيرًا للعام والثقافة ولكنه لم يتنكر لماضيه ف...

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The Committee: A Novel (Middle East Literature In Translation)
By: Sonallah Ibrahim

This wry take on Kafka’s novel The Trial revolves around its narrator’s attempts to petition successfully the elusive ruling body of his country, known simply as “the Committee.” Consequences for...

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Traces: A Memoir
By: Gamal Elghitani

Best reviewed by Dierdre Fagan, USA "This translation of Traces: A Memoir of celebrated Egyptian author Gamal Al-Ghitani by Nader K. Uthman is most welcome. Traces is one of seven notebook diaries Al-Ghitani kept...

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أولاد حارتنا نسخة الكترونية
By: Naguib Mahfouz

يجلس الجبلاوي في بيته الكبير المحاط بالحدائق واﻷسوار العالية ومن حوله أحفاده الذين يتنازعون للحصول على وقفه، ويقوم الفتوات بابعاد هؤلاء عن جنته اﻷرضية، حيث استقرت ذريته خارج أسوار البيت الكبير، وبالرغم من فقرهم الا انهم...

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The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street
By: Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz’s magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt appears here in one volume for the first time. The Nobel Prize—winning writer’s masterwork is the engrossing story of a Muslim family in Cairo...

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حول العالم في 200 يوم - نسخة الكترونية
By: Anis Mansour

عرض في هذا الكتاب معلومات عن الدول المختلفة وخصوصاً دول جنوب شرق آسيا مثل الهند و سيلان وسنغافورة و أستراليا واليابان والفلبين وهونج كونج، ثم زار أيضا الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية وجزيرة هاواي. وتحدث أيضا خلال رحلته إلى ال...

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Translating Egypt's Revolution: The Language of Tahrir
By: Samia Mehrez

This unique interdisciplinary collective project is the culmination of research and translation work conducted by AUC students of different cultural and linguistic backgrounds who continue to witness Egypt's ongoing...

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The Literary Atlas of Cairo: One Hundred Years on the Streets of the City
By: Samia Mehrez

Bringing together writings by Egyptians, Arabs, men and women, Muslims, Copts, and Jews, this rich selection maps out many of the changes in Cairo’s geopolitics and its urban fabric, while tracing spatial and socia...

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