The 56th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair will be held from January 23 to February 6 in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
The Egyptian Ministry of Culture said that the Sultanate of Oman will be the guest of honor at this session, and the writer and thinker Dr. Ahmed Mostagir, a pioneer of genetic engineering in Egypt and the Arab world, has been chosen to be the personality of the exhibition, as well as the writer Fatima Al-Maadoul, as the personality of the Children’s Book Fair.
A rare hand-written copy of one of the most famous love poems ever written has been discovered after hundreds of years. Dr Leah Veronese uncovered the version of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 tucked away in a 17th Century poetry collection at the University of Oxford. The manuscript was found among the papers of Elias Ashmole, […]
As part of its efforts to empower underprivileged children and uphold their right to read, and in line with UAE “Reading Month,” Kalimat Foundation (KF), a UAE-based non-profit organisation, has donated 400 Arabic-language books to Palestinian children residing in Emirates Humanitarian City (EHC) in Abu Dhabi. This donation took place during a visit to […]
A bitter row is continuing between Meta, owners of Facebook, and Macmillan, publishers of the explosive memoir by former Facebook director of global public policy Sarah Wynn-Williams. According to the publisher, her book Careless People “details the lengths to which Meta’s leaders were willing to go to achieve growth at any cost” and is full […]
As part of its efforts to empower underprivileged children and uphold their right to read, and in line with UAE “Reading Month,” Kalimat Foundation (KF), a UAE-based non-profit organisation, has donated 400 Arabic-language books to Palestinian children residing in...
A bitter row is continuing between Meta, owners of Facebook, and Macmillan, publishers of the explosive memoir by former Facebook director of global public policy Sarah Wynn-Williams. According to the publisher, her book Careless People “details the lengths to which...
HarperCollins US has bought a short-story collection by Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird. Entitled The Land of Sweet Forever. The manuscript was found nearly ten years ago after being discovered in her New York apartment upon her death. It contains...