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The Arab Intellectual and the "Rare Egoistical Human"
By: Elham Afify on: Thursday 31 July 2025 - Genre: Opinion
A few days ago, I watched the movie "Shanabou in the Trap." Regardless of the film's naivety, like most comedies of that era, I was captivated by the comedy in the character of Profess...
The Case for Total Freedom in AI Use by Authors
By: Mouloud Benzadi on: Saturday 26 July 2025 - Genre: Opinion
In my earlier article, The Right of Authors to Use AI: A Proposal for Clear Rules, published in Arab World Books magazine on 22 June 2025, I advocated that writers should be allowed to use AI without...
Trump’s Immigration Plan Is A Human And Economic Disaster
By: Alon Ben-Meir on: Sunday 6 July 2025 - Genre: Opinion
It is hard to assess the disastrous impact of Trump's immigration policy on our economy and its horrific human rights violations. Every man and woman of conscience is duty-bound to raise their voi...
The Right of Authors to Use AI: A Proposal for Clear Rules
By: Mouloud Benzadi on: Sunday 22 June 2025 - Genre: Opinion
Artificial intelligence (AI) has certainly revolutionized various sectors of our life. But in literature, it has been met with fear and concern. Works that are the result of years of effort are reject...
A letter From Sonallah Ibrahim
By: Mohamed Khalfouf on: Tuesday 3 June 2025 - Genre: Opinion
نشرت اول مرة في أخبار الأدب لازلت أتذكر ذلك اليوم ، عندما كنت طالبا في السنة الثانية في كلية الآداب ، في ذلك اليوم ذهبتُ إلى الجامعة لأجل الامتحانات ، لكنني وجدت المظاهرات...
To Sonallah Ibrahim with love
By: Ezzat El Kamhawi on: Saturday 17 May 2025 - Genre: Opinion
First Published Almanassa News May 14, 2025 I can’t claim any personal closeness to Sonallah Ibrahim. He’s reclusive, and I’m semi-reclusive myself. In my twenties, I found mys...
Can Science Revolutionize Literary Award Competitions?
By: Mouloud Benzadi on: Monday 12 May 2025 - Genre: Opinion
To understand subjectivity in literary awards, think of writing competitions as social media platforms and judging panels as their users. A novel is like a controversial post you share—some prai...
العقل مثل المظلة لا يعمل الا اذا انفتح
By: Mona Helmy on: Saturday 26 April 2025 - Genre: Opinion
بقلم منى نوال حلمي لن أتخلى عن قناعتى ، تؤكدها تجاربى فى الماضى والحاضر ، أنه من الأشرف والأكرم للانسان أن يسكت ، عن الادلاء برأى ، يعلم تماما أنه " مضلل " . &...
خانتنى " أمى " وتركتنى مع هواتف " ذكية " وبشر " أغبياء "
By: Mona Helmy on: Thursday 27 March 2025 - Genre: Opinion
بقلم د. منى نوال حلمي أكتب هذه السطور ، وأجندة الزمان تخبرنى ، أن اليوم الجمعة 21 مارس 2025 . الناس من حولى يحتفلون بعيد الأم ، وبدء موسم الربيع ، عيد ميلاد " نزار " ، واليوم...
AI Judges in Literary Competitions: A New Avenue for Forgotten Writers
By: Mouloud Benzadi on: Tuesday 25 February 2025 - Genre: Opinion
In an innovative fusion of technology and literature, the first-ever AI-powered literary award competition is set to launch this March, bringing to life the vision I outlined in my article “The...
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