Literature & Translation
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Tips & Resources
Cairo Book Fair: New Titles of Interest
Ursula Lindsey highlights some of the new books getting attention at the 47th edition of the Cairo Book Fair.
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Opinion
A Dispatch From the Cairo International Book Fair
Ursula Lindsey wanders through this famous cultural event and finds a stark reflection of Egyptian contemporary life.
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News & Reports
The Legacy of Fatema Mernissi, Moroccan Feminist and Scholar
Sociologist Fatema Mernissi published ground-breaking, wide-ranging scholarship that influenced a generation of Arab feminists.
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Tips & Resources
Recommended 2015 Books From and About the Arab World
Ursula Lindsey consulted scholars, critics and publishers to come up with a list of notable books by Arab authors or…
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News & Reports
An Arabic-Language Bookstore Devoted to Changing Stereotypes
Two Syrians are trying to use a bookstore to present a different image of their countrymen and spread Arab culture.
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Opinion
A Conversation With a Literary Translation Team
Two academics who collaborate on translations of Arabic literature into English talk about the joys and difficulties of their work.
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News & Reports
Democracy Texts to be Translated Into Arabic
A dozen seminal English academic books on democracy will be translated into Arabic and published in the Arab region.
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Opinion
A Conversation With the Head of the Higher Arab Institute of Translation
Arabic should be the main teaching language in the region but needs to be modernized, says Inam Bioud.
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