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A Conversation with Hedy Habra
It is strange how, in late 2012/early 2013, Habra found herself publishing three books at the same time,…
Telling her Story to Stray Dogs
A poem taken from the book of poetry Tea in Heliopolis published by Press 53 (2013) All artwork…
50 Years of Beer In The Snooker Club
A moment will come when, collectively, we will step across a threshold. On the far side, Waguih Ghali’s…
A Tribute to Ahmed Fouad Negm
From the Window of Cell Number 5 Translated by Lara Elgibaly Ahmed Fouad Negm 1929 – 3rd December,…
Musée des Beaux Arts
Title inspired by W. H. Auden’s 1938 poem. “Home is where one starts from. As we grow older…
Inspiration to Live by
An interview with the author of Casting Off the Veil, Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi “It was difficult to try…
Avec Toi
“The reader is even given a seat beside Taha’s deathbed.” The one thing about Taha Hussein that has…
El-Kateb El-Masry: Taha Hussein’s Literary Journal
Post World War II, the world was grieving and appalled at the amount of violence and death that…
The Palm’s Poem
Ali always tried avoiding work whenever possible. He despised waking up early, putting on work clothes, spending hours…
Anna Christina Olson
My father once told me when I was young, that he could judge a man on three things:…