In Egypt these are an essential component of the Muslim Eid el-Fitr, the feast after Ramadan. The shortbread is so
In January of this year, when Omani author Jokha Alharthi’s novel Celestial Bodies, translated into English by Marilyn Booth, was
This month Ruqaya Izzidien’s The Watermelon Boys (Hoopoe, 2018) was shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize and Awards. The book
AUC Press is deeply saddened by the passing of Hani Shukrallah. He was much more than one of Egypt’s most
The jury members of this year’s Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature are Ibrahim Nasrallah, acclaimed writer, novelist, and literary critic;
During his talk “Are We Even Translating?: Reflections on Working Between Arabic and a Standard Average European Language” at AUC
Urban development expert and AUC Press author David Sims spoke last month to a packed Oriental Hall about Egypt’s urban
An invitation to attend the Gourmand World Summit was one thing but to be invited to attend in Paris was
Here is how The Arab Weekly describes Yasser Abdel Hafez’s novel The Book of Safety, translated by Robin Moger (Hoopoe,
During his recent visit to Egypt, Khalid Ikram, author of The Political Economy of Reforms in Egypt: Issues and Policymaking
On March 18, AUC Press celebrated the book launch of Ahmed Aboul Gheit’s Witness to War and Peace: Egypt, the
By Neil Hewison, author, translator, and former AUC Press associate director for editorial programs Forget Ghost Protocol. There were times
There is no better person than Iman Hamdy to tell the story of Cairo Papers in Social Science, the American
The AUC Press participated this year in the 50th Cairo International Book Fair, which ran from January 23 to February
Veteran translator of Arabic fiction Nancy Roberts shared first prize of the 2018 Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International
AUC Press proudly announces that Orientalist Lives: Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830–1920 by James Parry (AUC Press, 2018)
“In the beautifully and profusely illustrated pages of Orientalist Lives: Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830 – 1920”, [James]
The AUC Press announced today the award of the 2018 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature to the Saudi Arabian writer
This year Ibrahim Nasrallah won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his novel The Second War of the Dog,
On his blog, Andrew Humphreys describes Classic Egyptian Movies: 101 Must-see Films by film critic Sameh Fathy, translated by Sarah