25 Jan, 2023 A Conversation with Sir Magdi Yacoub Renowned heart surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub spoke with Khaled Ezzelarab, associate professor of practice, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication,
11 Jan, 2023 ‘The Men Who Swallowed the Sun’ joint-winner of 2022 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize On January 12, the Banipal Trust announced that the late Humphrey Davies, translator of The Men Who Swallowed the
11 Dec, 2022 Fatma Qandil Awarded Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2022 On December 11, AUC Press announced the award of the 2022 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature to the Egyptian
05 Dec, 2022 Faces from another time Sherif Boraie is an editor and publisher based in Cairo. He founded his imprint, Zeitouna, in 1988, under which he has
01 Dec, 2022 ‘The Men Who Swallowed the Sun’ shortlisted for 2022 Banipal Prize AUC Press is delighted to announce that its Hoopoe imprint novel, The Men Who Swallowed the Sun by Egyptian author
15 Nov, 2022 Tribute to Bahaa Taher (1935–2022) The prominent Egyptian author and translator passed away on October 27 at the age of 87. Taher wrote short stories
19 Oct, 2022 “I would have done everything [Howard] Carter did that day” In this short Q&A, we ask Aidan Dodson about the discovery of the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh
12 Sep, 2022 “Dust is the poetic metaphor”—Xenia Nikolskaya Xenia Nikolskaya is an award-winning Russian-Swedish photographer currently based in Cairo. She is the author of The House My Grandfather Built,
15 Jun, 2022 Reaching the afterlife Dr. Salima Ikram, acclaimed Egyptologist, distinguished university professor, and AUC Press author, gave a virtual talk on June 8 about
14 Jun, 2022 “There were so many errors and misconceptions concerning the Rosetta Stone”—Jonathan Downs The 1799 discovery of the Rosetta Stone, the large, flat, dark stele found by a French officer in the small
11 Apr, 2022 The 2022 London Book Fair AUC Press attended the 2022 London International Book Fair (April 5 to 7) at the Olympia Exhibition Centre, the first
10 Apr, 2022 Salima Ikram—The Explorers Club: 50 Fifty People Changing the World In March 2022, the Explorers Club (EC50) announced the winners of its second annual Explorers Club 50: Fifty People Changing
03 Apr, 2022 Mohamed Elshahed’s ‘Cairo since 1900’ shortlisted for British-Egyptian Society book prize AUC Press is delighted that Mohamed Elshahed’s Cairo since 1900: An Architectural Guide (AUC Press, 2020) was shortlisted for
07 Feb, 2022 Two Hoopoe novels longlisted for 2022 Dublin Literary Award On January 31, Dublin City Council announced the 2022 DUBLIN Literary Award Longlist of Library. Two Hoopoe novels, A Recipe
20 Jan, 2022 Remembering our colleague Joe! The staff at AUC Press mourn the passing of Joseph Mitri, formerly AUC bookstore manager. Joe, as he was affectionately
12 Jan, 2022 Translator Sarah Enany wins 2021 Banipal Prize for ‘The Girl with Braided Hair’ The winner of the 2021 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize is Rasha Adly’s novel, Shaghaf, “superbly translated” into English by Sarah
09 Jan, 2022 Fayoum Pottery Making R. Neil Hewison is the author of Fayoum Pottery: Ceramic Arts and Crafts in an Egyptian Oasis (AUC Press, 2021)
14 Nov, 2021 Remembering Humphrey Davies, a towering figure in Arabic translation The literary world has just lost one of its finest English-Arabic translators. The American University in Cairo Press is deeply
18 Oct, 2021 Remembering Abdelhalim Ibrahim Abdelhalim, the world-renown Egyptian architect It is with great sadness that AUC Press learned of the passing of Abdelhalim Ibrahim Abdelhalim, one of Egypt’s foremost
17 Oct, 2021 Bob Brier tells about epic 19th voyage of Luxor Obelisk to Paris Addressing a captivated audience, internationally acclaimed Egyptologist and author Dr. Bob Brier spoke on October 13 at Cairo’s National Museum
12 Oct, 2021 The legendary mulid of al-Sayyid al-Badawi of Tanta Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen is professor of history at Sorbonne University, where she teaches on early modern and modern Islam. She is
12 Oct, 2021 ‘Cairo Since 1900’ shortlisted for 2021 Peter Mackenzie Smith Book Prize Mohamed Elshahed’s bestselling Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide (AUC Press, 2020) has been shortlisted for the British Egyptian Society’s
12 Oct, 2021 AUC Press books now in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization Thanks to a partnership with Konouz Egypt Replica Treasures, AUC Press publications are now on display and available at the
12 Oct, 2021 Unraveling Egypt’s Bounded Knowledge How have doctoral studies evolved in Egypt? What are the actual conditions of knowledge production in the country’s public universities?
12 Oct, 2021 The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2022 submissions The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2022 Submissions are invited for the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2022, any time
04 Oct, 2021 Announcing the new Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Manuscript Award Earlier this month, AUC Press, the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art from the Arab World, Iran and Turkey
05 Aug, 2021 Dr. Chahinda Karim—”great scholar of Cairo’s Islamic art and architecture” The staff at AUC Press are deeply saddened by the loss of professor of Islamic art and architecture and AUC
27 Jul, 2021 Egypt, Iran & Jehan Sadat By Cyrus Kadivar, author of Farewell Shiraz, An Iranian Memoir of Revolution and Exile (AUC Press, 2019, paperback edition). My
13 Jul, 2021 “Khalifa does a fantastic job of making every character sympathetic” Stephen Lee is a voice artist, actor, and poet from London. With numerous credits in voicework for Sega, MOX Creative,
06 Jul, 2021 In memory of Mona Abaza The exceptional Egyptian sociologist, AUC professor, and AUC Press author Mona Abaza sadly left us yesterday after a long and
21 Jun, 2021 Arab News explores Morocco Anthology In a recent book review, Arab News described A Morocco Anthology: Travel Writing through the Centuries, edited by Martin Rose,
11 Jun, 2021 Remembering the beloved anthropologist Nicholas S. Hopkins It was with deep sadness that AUC Press learned of the passing on June 9 of Nicholas Hopkins, emeritus professor
02 Jun, 2021 ‘Cairo since 1900’ wins Egypt’s State Incentive Award Egypt’s Supreme Council for Culture announced yesterday, June 1, during its 65th annual meeting, that Cairo since 1900: An Architectural
17 May, 2021 Orange Hibiscus Ice-pops Makes: 4 servings 2 tablespoons dried hibiscus flowers, or 4 hibiscus teabags 1 star anise 1 cm (1⁄2 in) piece
21 Apr, 2021 Happy Earth Day – April 22 On Earth Day 2021, we celebrate Egypt’s flora, fauna, and wildlife. Desert Plants of Egypt’s Wadi El Gemal
06 Apr, 2021 “Seti I is the best looking mummy going” “These are among the most significant royal leaders of the New Kingdom and, of course, unique examples of royal mummification
31 Mar, 2021 Ahmed Taibaoui awarded Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2021 On March 31, during an online ceremony, AUC Press announced the award of the 2021 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
15 Feb, 2021 Mourid Barghouti (1944–2021) The acclaimed and revered Palestinian poet and writer Mourid Barghouti passed away on February 14 at the age of 76.
12 Jan, 2021 Kay Heikkinen wins Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation for ‘Velvet’ The 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation The 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
12 Jan, 2021 His testimony to Egypt’s foreign policy Ahmed Aboul Gheit, secretary-general of the Arab League, former ambassador, and former Egyptian minister of foreign affairs, talks to AUC
11 Jan, 2021 Physical about Arabic Lisa J. White was a senior instructor of Arabic (2009–2019) and former executive director (1993–97) of CASA (the Center for
16 Dec, 2020 Remembering Bahaa Abdelmegid It was with great sadness that AUC Press learned of the death of young Egyptian novelist Bahaa Abdelmegid. He passed
30 Nov, 2020 AUC Press celebrates the launch of ‘A History of Arab Graphic Design’ On Saturday 28 November, AUC Press celebrated the launch of its newest book, A History of Arab Graphic Design, with
11 Nov, 2020 Ibrahim Nasrallah wins 2nd Katara Prize for Arabic Fiction Poet, novelist, and Hoopoe author Ibrahim Nasrallah won the Katara Prize for Arabic Fiction for the second time, in the
10 Nov, 2020 “Her sudden departure is unfathomable.” Writer, journalist, and AUC Press author Jenny Jobbins, who lived and worked in Egypt and the Middle East for many
19 Oct, 2020 Chasing dreams in the Gulf A social and cultural anthropologist, Samuli Schielke works as a senior researcher at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin. He is
13 Oct, 2020 AUC Press at MESA 2020 – who to contact & what books to buy AUC Press is participating in the Middle East Studies Association’s 54th Annual Meeting (October 5–17). This year’s MESA is being
19 Aug, 2020 AUC Bookstores Tahrir branch reopened We are glad to announce that AUC Bookstores Tahrir branch reopened on 23 August, 2020. The normal working hours are
07 Aug, 2020 Remembering John Rodenbeck (1936–2020) It was with great sadness that AUC Press learned of the death of John Rodenbeck. The former AUC Press director
15 Jun, 2020 New AUC Press director Michael Duckworth Michael Duckworth has been named the new director of AUC Press, effective July 1, 2020, based out of the Cairo
22 Apr, 2020 Waleed Almusharaf translates the classic novel, ‘The Magnificent Conman of Cairo’ Waleed Almusharaf is a translator, writer, and academic, with a PhD from SOAS, University of London. He currently lives in
21 Apr, 2020 Urban planner & author David Sims isolates in the French countryside “[David Sims] is one of Cairo’s sharpest observers.” That is how the Los Angeles Review of Books describes the American
15 Apr, 2020 Egyptologist Aidan Dodson: “the lockdown hasn’t massively changed things for me” We asked acclaimed Egyptologist and author Aidan Dodson what it felt like working and writing, under the current lockdown, in
06 Apr, 2020 As AUC Press works from home! AUC Press staff are also working from home these days, trying to adjust to a new routine, holding meetings online,
01 Apr, 2020 Egypt from the inside Trevor Naylor is the author of Cairo Inside Out (AUC Press, hbk, 2016; pbk, 2020) and more recently of Egypt
23 Mar, 2020 Abdelhalim Ibrahim Abdelhalim’s “stunning” AUC New Cairo campus In a recent article for The National, journalist Razmig Bedirian “identified some of the most beautiful sites designed by Arab
23 Mar, 2020 AUC Bookstores home deliver everywhere in Egypt! We deliver to your home everywhere in Egypt. To ask for a quotation on delivery fees to Cairo and
19 Mar, 2020 Orzo Chicken Soup – a delicious taste of comfort food This is a magical recipe for Orzo Chicken Soup from Authentic Egyptian Cooking: From the Table of Abou El Sid
08 Mar, 2020 Hoopoe 2020 – classic authors and debut novelists Much awaited is the release of Adel Kamel’s rediscovered 1940s classic The Magnificent Conman of Cairo. Praised by Nobel laureate
18 Feb, 2020 Michael Haag (1943–2020) It is with great sadness that AUC Press learns of the passing of Michael Haag (1943–2020), writer, photographer, and historian.
12 Feb, 2020 “I have many wonderful memories of Shiraz.”–Cyrus Kadivar Born in Minnesota to Iranian-French parents, Cyrus Kadivar grew up during the Shah’s reign in the Persian city of Shiraz.
06 Feb, 2020 Deborah Manley (1932–2020) AUC Press is deeply saddened by the passing of Deborah Manley, author, editor, and co-editor of some 60 books, and
06 Feb, 2020 Screening of Ronnie Close’s documentary on Cairo’s Ultras – February 11 On February 11, Ronnie Close, writer, filmmaker, assistant professor of visual media at AUC, and author of Cairo’s Ultras: Resistance
02 Feb, 2020 Reading with Trevor Naylor, an interview with Shelf Awareness Shelf Awareness, the American daily online publishing newsletter, interviewed Trevor Naylor, author of Cairo Inside Out (AUC Press, 2017) and
29 Jan, 2020 AUC Press offers & discounts at the 51st Cairo International Book Fair If you have not yet been to the 51st Cairo International Book Fair at the Exhibition Center in New
10 Jan, 2020 Scheherazade in a Syrian Cell Last month, the New York Review of Books reviewed three of Khaled Khalifa’s novels, including No Knives in
10 Dec, 2019 Simon Sebag Montefiore spoke at AUC Tahrir Bookstore Simon Sebag Montefiore, British historian, television presenter, and bestselling author of popular history books and novels, who has won prizes
09 Dec, 2019 AUC Press partners with GEM for school trip Early last month, AUC Press partnered with the Great Egyptian Museum (GEM) to take a group of Cairo high school
09 Dec, 2019 Lesley Lababidi presented with rare Nupe Award World traveler and AUC Press author Lesley Lababidi went last month to Bida, Nigeria, for her official turbaning after being
09 Dec, 2019 Muhammad Abdelnabi wins 2019 Grand Prix de Littérature Arabe Muhammad Abdelnabi’s novel In the Spider’s Room, a sensitive and courageous account of life as a gay man in Egypt,
08 Dec, 2019 The diary of Mohammad Malas’s film about Palestinian refugees in Lebanon The Dream: A Diary of the Film by Mohammad Malas, introduced by Samirah Alkassim, is published by the American University
01 Dec, 2019 AUC Christmas Book Fair Nov. 30 – Dec. 1 Books make perfect gifts! The AUC Bookstores is holding its AUC Christmas Book Fair in the AUC Tahrir Bookstore, from
11 Nov, 2019 Ronnie Close looks at Cairo’s Ultras Ronnie Close is a writer, filmmaker, and assistant professor of visual media at the
11 Nov, 2019 Aboul Gheit’s take on Egypt’s foreign policy Former Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, author of Witness to War and Peace: Egypt, the October War, and Beyond
10 Nov, 2019 The story of Eric Rouleau’s “fantastic career” On a recent trip to Egypt, Cairo-born Alain Gresh, former editor in chief of Le Monde diplomatique, author of
10 Nov, 2019 Kitroeff and the Greeks in Egypt Prominent Greek historian Alexander Kitroeff, author of The Greeks and the Making of Modern Egypt (AUC Press, 2019) gave a
10 Nov, 2019 Salima Ikram’s Egyptian mummies lecture for Halloween Acclaimed Egyptologist and AUC Press author Salima Ikram gave a lively illustrated talk on mummification in ancient Egypt at Cairo’s
07 Nov, 2019 AUC Press at #MESA2019 The AUC Press is participating in the 53rd Middle East Studies Association (MESA) annual meeting in New Orleans (November 14–17,
23 Sep, 2019 Faten Mahfouz: when your father is Naguib Mahfouz This year marks the centenary of the birth of the great Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, who
23 Sep, 2019 Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) “My love is for the people of the alleys, not only the old alleys of Cairo but the alleys of
26 Aug, 2019 Talking gender in post-Mubarak Egypt Today, August 26, AUC Press author and university professor Shereen Abouelnaga is talking at the University of Sydney about her
25 Aug, 2019 Knocking off their socks with slang Love a duck! Is this slang really still alive? So asked Neil Hewison, former AUC Press associate director for editorial
19 Aug, 2019 Bleeding “strikingly alive” imagery In their recent review of Bled Dry, a Moroccan novel by Abdelilah Hamdouchi, Wawa Book Review praises the texture of
08 Aug, 2019 Egyptian recipes for late summer Are you celebrating with your family and friends, holding summer parties, or invited to a picnic, but just don’t know
28 Jul, 2019 Discovering Abu Simbel By Nigel Fletcher-Jones When Giovanni Battista Belzoni entered the Great Temple at Abu Simbel on 1 August, 1817—as recorded in
03 Jun, 2019 Kahk, the delicious little Eid cookies In Egypt these are an essential component of the Muslim Eid el-Fitr, the feast after Ramadan. The shortbread is so
27 May, 2019 Translator Marilyn Booth shares 2019 Man Booker International Prize with Omani writer Jokha Alharthi In January of this year, when Omani author Jokha Alharthi’s novel Celestial Bodies, translated into English by Marilyn Booth, was
22 May, 2019 ‘The Watermelon Boys’ — An “extraordinary debut novel” This month Ruqaya Izzidien’s The Watermelon Boys (Hoopoe, 2018) was shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize and Awards. The book
09 May, 2019 Hani Shukrallah AUC Press is deeply saddened by the passing of Hani Shukrallah. He was much more than one of Egypt’s most
08 May, 2019 Preparing for the 2019 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature The jury members of this year’s Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature are Ibrahim Nasrallah, acclaimed writer, novelist, and literary critic;
29 Apr, 2019 Elliott Colla asks “Are we even translating?” During his talk “Are We Even Translating?: Reflections on Working Between Arabic and a Standard Average European Language” at AUC
25 Apr, 2019 David Sims looks at Egypt’s mega urban development Urban development expert and AUC Press author David Sims spoke last month to a packed Oriental Hall about Egypt’s urban
03 Apr, 2019 Dyna—and her Egyptian cooking—in Paris An invitation to attend the Gourmand World Summit was one thing but to be invited to attend in Paris was
24 Mar, 2019 “Yasser Abdel Hafez’s novel is fearless” Here is how The Arab Weekly describes Yasser Abdel Hafez’s novel The Book of Safety, translated by Robin Moger (Hoopoe,
20 Mar, 2019 What about Egypt’s political economy? During his recent visit to Egypt, Khalid Ikram, author of The Political Economy of Reforms in Egypt: Issues and Policymaking
19 Mar, 2019 “Not just a good book but an important book.” On March 18, AUC Press celebrated the book launch of Ahmed Aboul Gheit’s Witness to War and Peace: Egypt, the
11 Mar, 2019 Dubai, literature, and Egyptian Arabic By Neil Hewison, author, translator, and former AUC Press associate director for editorial programs Forget Ghost Protocol. There were times
05 Mar, 2019 The Story of the Cairo Papers There is no better person than Iman Hamdy to tell the story of Cairo Papers in Social Science, the American
07 Feb, 2019 A very good Cairo International Book Fair The AUC Press participated this year in the 50th Cairo International Book Fair, which ran from January 23 to February
07 Feb, 2019 Nancy Roberts wins 2018 Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation prize Veteran translator of Arabic fiction Nancy Roberts shared first prize of the 2018 Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International