January 2020

Egyptian architectural historian Mohamed Elshahed, author of Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide (AUC Press,  2020), has recently been selected as a

  Elizabeth Loudon’s debut novel, A Stranger in Baghdad,  longlisted for the Bridport Novel Award, is published by Hoopoe (May

Hoopoe sat down with Sherif Meleka, author of Suleiman’s Ring, (Hoopoe, March 2023), to find out more about what drove him to

Tuesday 7 March 2023 7pm Cairo, 5pm London, 12pm EST, 9am PST A Virtual Book Discussion of Zar: Spirit Possession,

Wednesday 15 March 2023 7pm Cairo, 5pm London, 12pm EST, 9am PST A Virtual Book Discussion of Women in Ancient

The award-winning Russian-Swedish photographer Xenia Nikolskaya talked about her book Dust: Egypt’s Forgotten Architecture, Revised and Expanded Edition (AUC Press,

“The Naguib Mahfouz award, established by AUC Press, is important because it showcases modern contemporary fiction from the Arab world,”