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وردة والثورة والنص الروائى
By: Mostafa Abdelghani on: Saturday 1 September 2001 - Genre: Book Reviews
بقلم : د. مصطفي عبد الغني- الأهرام 23 يوليو 2001 قرأت هذه الرواية اول صدورها( أهدانيها الصديق الكاتب الكبير صنع الله ابراهيم, لكن ـ لسبب ما ـ لم استطع الكتابة عنها كما...
Warda - chronicle of the political and the personal
By: Editor on: Saturday 1 September 2001 - Genre: Book Reviews
Amir Bibawy Special to the Middle East Times Sonallah Ibrahim's latest novel, Warda, comes at a time when the literary output of Egypt is at an all-time low. Controversial works of fiction t...
From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
By: Omar Khayam on: Wednesday 1 August 2001 - Genre: Poetry
From the rubaiyyat of Omar Khaiyyam translated by Edward Fitzgerald 1. AWAKE! for Morning in the Bowl of Night Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And...
Three Poems by Nizar Qabbani
By: Nizar Qabbani on: Friday 1 June 2001 - Genre: Poetry
Love Compared I do not resemble your other lovers, my lady should another give you a cloud I give you rain Should he give you a lantern, I will give you the moon Should he give you a branch I...
Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery Reviews
By: Editor on: Tuesday 1 May 2001 - Genre: Book Reviews
Editorial and Reader Reviews Editorial Reviews This brief, beautifically crafted novel introduces one of the finest contemporary Arab novelists to English-speaking audiences. In it, Bahaa'...
All we need is love
By: Youssef Rakha on: Tuesday 1 May 2001 - Genre: Book Reviews
Book Review; Nuqtat Al-Nour (The Point of Light), Bahaa Taher, Cairo: Al-Hilal Novels, 2001. pp238 source Al-Ahram Weekly By Youssef Rahkha In Nuqtat Al-Nour, his latest work, novelist...
كي أفتح لك السر
By: Maisoon Saqr on: Thursday 1 March 2001 - Genre: Poetry
كَيْ أفتحَ لكَ السِرَّ هَلْ مَعَكَ مفْتاحٌ مَا البَابُ لا يُفْتَحُ إلاَّ بسرٍّ واحدٍ واليَومُ لا يَبْدأُ إلا بصَبَاحٍ أَيهَا الغَريبُ هَذَا الصَّبَاحُ بلا دُمُوعٍ سَائراً في المخَاضِ أ...
An unjustified profession
By: Youssef Rakha on: Thursday 1 February 2001 - Genre: Book Reviews
source ahram weekly Book: Khizanat Al-Kalam Author: Gamil Attiya Ibrahim Reviewed by Youssef Rakha Khizanat Al-Kalam (The Safe of Words), Gamil Attiya Ibrahim, Cairo:Dar Al-Hilal, the Hilal Nove...
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
By: Editor on: Saturday 12 December 1998 - Genre: Politics
Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948 Preamble Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members...
Seminar of Islamic commentaries on the UDHR Enriching the Universality of Human Rights
By: Editor on: Saturday 12 December 1998 - Genre: Social Sciences
Event attended by Amani Amin founder of arabworldbooks.com in Geneva in 1998. The event launched our special events and debate corner. Unfortunately the online discussions were lost after the cl...
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