“[A]n unprecedented breadth of concern, depth of documentary research and methodological rigor”
About Yahia Shawkat’s Egypt’s Housing Crisis: The Shaping of Urban Space (AUC Press, 2020)
Borderlines, W.J. Dorman, March 5
“Writing saved me from my demons”—Huzama Habayeb
Interview with the author of Velvet
Middle East Monitor, March 5
“Yahia Shawkat’s new book Egypt’s Housing Crisis is without doubt my Middle East Urban Studies highlight of 2020.”
About Egypt’s Housing Crisis: The Shaping of Urban Space by Yahia Shawkat (AUC Press, 2020)
Arab Urbanism magazine, Deen Sharp, March 2
Bob Brier discusses his translation of Apollinaire Lebas’ book The Luxor Obelisk and its Voyage to Paris (AUC Press, 2021)
YouTube, Sharon Hague, February 28
Print magazine, Part 1 https://bit.ly/37LlWsC, February 24
Print magazine, Part 2 https://bit.ly/2NU47QR, February 25
Linguistic Embodiment: A Talk with Lisa J. White and Mahmoud Shaltout about Rooted in the Body: Arabic Metaphor and Morphology (AUC Press, 2021)
Arablit blog, Tugrul Mende, February 24
“[T]his book is a major feat” about A History of Arab Graphic Design by Bahia Shehab and Haytham Nawar (AUC Press, 2020)
The National, Nourhan Tewfik, February 22
“[I]t’s a meditation on Rum identity and the scars of history” about Nektaria Anastasiadou’s A Recipe for Daphne (Hoopoe, 2021)
The World, Public Radio International, Durrie Bouscaren, February 15
Author Sharon Janet Hague interviews Bob Brier about The Luxor Obelisk and Its Voyage to Paris by Apollinaire Lebas, that Brier and Colette Fossez Sumner translated from the French (AUC Press, 2021)
Sharon Janet Hague blog, February 13
Nektaria Anastasiadou’s Charming Debut Novel: A Recipe for Daphne (Hoopoe, 2021)
The National Herald, Eleni Sakellis, February 11
‘How Love is Revolution: The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor‘
MULOSIGE, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Rana Haddad, February 9
“A delicious debut” [novel] about A Recipe for Daphne by Nektaria Anastasiadou (Hoopoe, 2021)
The Washington Post, Vanessa H. Larson, February 5
“A reference work on many levels” about A History of Arab Graphic Design by Bahia Shehab and Haytham Nawar (AUC Press, 2020)
Al-Ahram Hebdo, Dina Kabil, 24 February
“T]he perfect quarantine book for Arab and non-Arab readers alike” about The Magnificent Conman of Cairo by Adel Kamel, translated by Waleed Almusharaf (Hoopoe, 2021)
AramcoWorld, Marina Ali, January 15
“Stunning” about Ancient Egyptian Jewelry: 50 Masterpieces of Art and Design by Nigel Fletcher-Jones (AUC Press, 2020)
AramcoWorld, Jane Waldron Grutz, January 15
“[B]eautifully illustrated. . . some of the most beautiful of the ancient world” about Nubian Gold: Ancient Jewelry from Sudan and Egypt by Peter Lacovara and Yvonne J. Markowitz (AUC Press, 2019)
AramcoWorld, Jane Waldron Grutz, January 15
