Literary recession still glooms over book lovers in Egypt. There are no notable sensations to mark 2010, with bestseller lists largely unchanged from last year's, which in turn wasn't much different from the one before it. There are, however, few (...)
“By the one two-faced God and by primordial wisdom, I speak the truth. There is none but Mother and Son. From the two, every mother and son come. An embrace to the mother, longing to her son, and to them together birth and recreation. God Eel (...)
The one definite reality about Egyptian literature this year is that the volume of works released is relatively poor compared to last year's. This literary recession may have its roots in the economic crisis which hit every field in 2009.
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