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Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz (L) wrote the highly-acclaimed Cairo Trilogy. (Ulf Andersen/Getty Images)
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A customer shops for books at a shopping mall in Kajang outside Kuala Lumpur September 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad)
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Literary Review: Why are the Kuwaitis so depressed?
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kuwaitis appear to be depressed. This is the thought that will no doubt strike readers after spending a few days with an anthology of Kuwaiti fiction—short stories and extracts from novels—published by London’s Banipal magazine. On the...Caption:
File photo of Chinese students brandishing Mao Zedong’s little Red Book. (Asharq AL-Awsat)
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