The New Look of the AUC Bookstores
August 28, 2017
The AUC Bookstores have had a busy summer, working hard to complete the biggest overhaul in how we present our range of books to our diverse customer base across New… READ MORE
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Life in Khaled Khalifa’s Damascus after the exodus
August 23, 2017
In this chilling piece for The Guardian, Iraqi novelist Khaled Khalifa, author of No Knives in the Kitchens of This City, describes what it feels like to see his… READ MORE
How novelist Sinan Antoon writes Iraq
August 17, 2017
The acclaimed Iraqi poet, novelist, scholar, and literary translator Sinan Antoon was born and raised in Baghdad. In 1991 after the first Gulf War he left to the United States…. READ MORE
Denys Johnson-Davies
The American University in Cairo Press was very saddened by the passing of the leading and award-winning Arabic–English translator Denys Johnson-Davies, one month before his ninety-fifth birthday. Born in Canada… READ MORE
Eugen Strouhal, a pioneer of medical history
August 16, 2017
The AUC Press is sad to note the passing of one of its most distinguished authors, the pioneering medical historian and paleopathologist Professor Eugen Strouhal, of Charles University in Prague,… READ MORE
Meet The Author & Photographer: Trevor Naylor & Doriana Dimitrova
August 13, 2017
Trevor Naylor is the author of the recently published book Cairo Inside Out (AUC Press, 2017), the co-author of A Roving Eye: Head to Toe in Egyptian Arabic Expressions (AUC… READ MORE
Egypt’s Activist Writers Today – Adrift on the Information Highway?
April 24, 2017
By David DiMeo One could be forgiven for believing that the age-old struggle of the activist writer to affect his/her society had been decisively settled in February of 2011. For… READ MORE
AUC Press Books Receive International Acclaim
After celebrating noteworthy sales of just under LE 1.5 million at the Cairo International Book Fair, up LE 600,000 from last year, AUC Press continues to stand in the spotlight,… READ MORE
A taste of nostalgic dishes from childhood
November 16, 2016
After she got married, Dyna Eldaief, the daughter of Egyptian immigrants to Australia, realized that she couldn’t reproduce the range of meals that her mother had made “because she made… READ MORE
