Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz (L) wrote the highly-acclaimed Cairo Trilogy. (Ulf Andersen/Getty Images)

Arabic fiction faces up to the future

by Al-Mustafa Najjar | Nov 9, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Well-known Egyptian writer Ahmed Khaled Towfik once wrote: “In fact, people in Egypt are fortunate. They do not need to read horror fiction in order to rehearse death. Horror—particularly its worst kind: fear of tomorrow—is a permanent...

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A customer shops for books at a shopping mall in Kajang outside Kuala Lumpur September 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad)

Literary Review: Why are the Kuwaitis so depressed?

by Amir Taheri | Oct 19, 2013 | Book Reviews

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...

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File photo of Chinese students brandishing Mao Zedong’s little Red Book. (Asharq AL-Awsat)

What are the Chinese reading?

by Amir Taheri | Jun 30, 2013 | Lifestyle & Culture

Shanghai, Asharq Al-Awsat—For decades, Sinologists have wondered whether China could build a capitalist economy without adopting the political culture that goes with it. The answer to that question is still pending. However, a survey of the political literature that...