Winner of the 2024 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
December 11, 2024
AUC Press Announces Mohammed Tarazi as the Winner of the 2024 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for his novel “Mikrufun Katim Sawt” (Muted Microphone)
Category: Awards
Awards
From Arabic Pages to Global Readers: Celebrating Recent Naguib Mahfouz Medal Winners and the 2024 Ceremony
November 14, 2024
As we approach this year’s award ceremony, we’re taking a moment to reflect on recent Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature winners and explore their novels. Additionally, we had the opportunity to hear from award-winning author Ahmed Taibaoui, one of the most recent award recipients, who returns this year as a member of the judging panel.
“A Stranger in Baghdad” by Elizabeth Loudon has won the 2024 International Fiction Book Award at the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF)
November 7, 2024
The American University in Cairo Press proudly announces that “A Stranger in Baghdad” by Elizabeth Loudon has won the 2024 International Fiction Book Award at the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF).
Celebrating six shortlisted novels for the 2024 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
August 30, 2024
The American University in Cairo Press announced the shortlist for the 2024 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature on 30 August to commemorate the Nobel laureate’s passing.
Xenia Nikolskaya’s Photographs: Finalists for a Prestigious Award
May 12, 2024
Award-winning Russian-Swedish photographer Xenia Nikolskaya recently had two of her remarkable photographs selected as finalists for the 2024 BNL PBN Paribas Award at the MIA Foto Fair.
Reem Bassiouney Wins the 2024 Sheikh Zayed Book Award
April 14, 2024
Egyptian writer Reem Bassiouney, the author of Mortal Designs (AUC Press, 2016), was awarded the 2024 Sheikh Zayed Book Award in the Literature category.
Time and Power: 2023 Alixa Naff Prize Winner
February 13, 2024
AUC Press author Melissa Gatter has won the 2023 Alixa Naff Prize in Migration Studies for her “timely, innovative, and theoretically sophisticated contribution to studies of displacement” in her book… READ MORE
February: A Month of Heartfelt Reminders
February 11, 2024
February: A Month of Heartfelt Reminders.
“I love the heart… It’s such a beautiful, efficient, noble organ.””—Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, widely known as “The Heart Savior.”
Introducing the Judging Panel for the 2024 Award
January 24, 2024
Introducing the Judging Panel for the 2024 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.
A committee of distinguished judges, encompassing a wealth of literary expertise, will assess the submissions and announce the shortlisted novels on 30 August 2024.
Ibrahim al-Koni named ‘Cultural Personality of the Year’ at SIBF 2023
November 13, 2023
Ibrahim al-Koni, the highly acclaimed Libyan novelist and finalist for the Man Booker International Prize, was named the ‘Cultural Personality of the Year’ for the 42nd edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair 2023 (SIBF 2023).
