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Articles of the author Hesham Taha
Book Review - What are the Arabs' contributions to the world recently?
The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture – An Arab Western Dialogue, edited by Magdi Youssef, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018. pp. 235 This book is rather an argument bearing on the idea of "Unity of Knowledge" in our times. Thus, the (...)

28 - 06 - 2018
Book Review: The long, winding path to lasting change
Tokar: Hekayat Miaat wa Alf Qamar (Tokar: The Story of One Hundred Thousand Moons) by Amr Shaarawi, Al-Ain publishing, Cairo 2016. pp. 578. This historical novel tackles the defeat of the Egyptian Army – and its leader Ahmed Orabi – at the hands of (...)

27 - 04 - 2017
Book Review: Is 'Living Twice' Kandil's Swan song?
I'sht maratein (I Lived Twice) by Hamdy Kandil, Dar El-Shorouk Publishing, Cairo, 2014, pp.592 Renowned media personality Hamdy Kandil begins his enjoyable yet lengthy autobiography by speaking about his childhood, which was a contented one. He was (...)

20 - 03 - 2014
Book review: The Regeneration of Islamic Discourse
Tagdeed Al-Khitab Al-IslamiMin Al-Minbar Ila Al-Internet (Regeneration of Islamic Discourse from the Podium to the Internet) by Mohamed Younis, Cairo: Dar Al-Maktaba Al-Arabiyah Lilkitab Publishing, 2013, 300pp. In his latest book, Mohamed Younis (...)

27 - 11 - 2013
Tawfiq Saleh (1926 – 2013)
With only seven feature films, Tawfiq Saleh (1926-2013) carved out an almost matchless stature. He is considered one of the pillars of Egyptian realist cinema. His active years as a director were confined between 1955 and 1980 in which he directed (...)

29 - 08 - 2013
Book review: The Egyptian revolution rises in fiction
Suquut As-Samt(The Silence has Fallen) by Ammar Ali Hasan, Cairo: Al-Dar Al-Masriya Al-Libnaniya Publishing, 2013. 662pp. Political scientist Ammar Ali Hassan builds his new novel around a revolutionary named Hassan Abd-Al-Rafi, with whom nearly all (...)

25 - 08 - 2013
Book review: The intertwined personal and political in Egypt
Dawlat Al-Aqrab(State of the Scorpion),by Fouad Qandeel, Cairo: Dar Al-Maktaba Al-Arabiyah Lilkitab Publishing, 2013. Qandeel, the winner of a number of prestigious awards, opens his latest novel (his 19th to date) with an introduction focusing on (...)

02 - 08 - 2013
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