February 12, 2023
“The Naguib Mahfouz award, established by AUC Press, is important because it showcases modern contemporary fiction from the Arab world,” said Suzan Kenawy, marketing manager (Egypt/Europe), AUC Press and AUC… READ MORE
February 9, 2023
The American University in Cairo Press is delighted to welcome its new executive director, Veerle De Laet. Before joining the Press this month, De Laet was managing director and publisher at… READ MORE
January 25, 2023
Renowned heart surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub spoke with Khaled Ezzelarab, associate professor of practice, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, AUC, on January 17, in AUC Tahrir’s Ewart Memorial Hall…. READ MORE
January 11, 2023
On January 12, the Banipal Trust announced that the late Humphrey Davies, translator of The Men Who Swallowed the Sun by the award-winning novelist Hamdi Abu Golayyel, published by Hoopoe Fiction in 2022, is… READ MORE
December 11, 2022
On December 11, AUC Press announced the award of the 2022 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature to the Egyptian writer Fatma Qandil for her debut novel Aqfas farigha (Empty Cages). The award… READ MORE
December 10, 2022
This year is all about King Tutankhamun! November 4 will mark the centenary of the discovery of the young pharaoh’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings, by the British… READ MORE
December 9, 2022
Xenia Nikolskaya is an award-winning Russian-Swedish photographer currently based in Cairo. She is the author of The House My Grandfather Built, which won the 2021 Swedish Photobook Award. Her book Dust:… READ MORE
December 5, 2022
Sherif Boraie is an editor and publisher based in Cairo. He founded his imprint, Zeitouna, in 1988, under which he has published forty highly illustrated books on Egyptian history, from the… READ MORE
December 1, 2022
The winner of the 2021 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize is Rasha Adly’s novel, Shaghaf, “superbly translated” into English by Sarah Enany as The Girl with Braided Hair, published by Hoopoe… READ MORE
November 25, 2022
“Western readers will be rewarded with insights into the rise of Islam” About The Night Will Have Its Say by Ibrahim al-Koni, translated by Nancy Roberts (Hoopoe, 2022). Historical Novels Review, G.J…. READ MORE
