by Safaa Azab | Aug 7, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian novelist, journalist and short-story writer Gamal El-Ghitani is one of the most prominent literary figures of the Arab World. A prolific writer of historical fiction and political commentary, he published his first short story when he...
by Safaa Azab | Jun 30, 2014 | Features
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—On the one-year anniversary of the ouster of Egypt’s first, and likely last, Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood finds itself in an increasingly difficult situation both at home and abroad. The Brotherhood has been...
by Safaa Azab | Jun 26, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s Islamists will face a tough test at parliamentary elections expected later this year amid growing public anger toward the Islamist trend and increasing inter-Islamist divisions following the ouster of former Islamist president Mohamed...
by Safaa Azab | May 31, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former UN Secretary-General and president of Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) Boutros Boutros-Ghali said that Egypt is still in the early stages of creating a human rights culture. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Boutros-Ghali said:...
by Safaa Azab | May 6, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sudanese novelist Amir Tag El-Sir is one of the most respected writers publishing in Arabic today. The author of 16 books—a body of work that include prose, poetry, and biography—Sir trained as a physician in Egypt, publishing his first novel...
