Seasonal offerings Stock plots and characters — and some very familiar faces — are back with a vengeance this holiday season, but there might just be a few diamonds in t
Lamis Gaber Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel — and no one knows that better than Lamis Gaber, author of the smash hit TV serial King Farouk, whose very Egyptian-ness was savagely attacked after her series dared question some of the founding myths of the July Revolution It was the (unexpected) television hit of 2007: Who would have imagined that over half a century after disappearing from the public eye, the notorious King Farouk would once again cause such debate among viewers and intellectual circles alike?
While hundreds of foreign students come to the American University in Cairo each year, Egyptian students have until recently had considerably fewer opportunities to study abroad. Now the university has started sending groups to Europe and the United States in an exchange that goes beyond academics. In an et exclusive, students from AUC’s first trip to the US share their experiences.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS the city that never sleeps?” Yumna Kassim marveled. “Compared to Cairo, New York seems quiet and asleep in the middle of the aftern
Chicago An exclusive excerpt from the AUC Press edition of the best-selling novel by Alaa Al-Aswany ByFarouk Abdel Wahab Read more
Dying to Live Nearly two dozen more illegal Egyptian migrants are believed to have drowned in late October on the treacherous route to Italy ByHossam Zaater Read more
Out of Eden The notorious Sheikh Youssef El-Badri strikes again, this time unleashing his wrath on recently recognized poet Helmy Salem ByAli El-Bahnasawy Read more
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