Al-Ahram Weekly | Books Supplement (April 2001)

April 2001

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Books is a monthly supplement of Al-Ahram Weekly appearing every second Thursday of the month. We welcome contributions and letters on subjects raised in this supplement. Material may be edited for length and clarity; and should be addressed to Mona Anis, Books Editor, Al-Ahram Weekly, Galaa St., Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt; Faz: +202 578 6089; E-mail: m.anis@ahram.org.eg
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Egyptocentrism?
The Arabic Novel: Bibliography and Critical Introduction, 1865-1995 (Six Volumes, in English and Arabic), Hamdi Sakkut, Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2000.

Feelings of identity
Wasaya Al-Lawh Al-Maksour (Commandments of the Broken Tablet), Ghubrial Zaki Ghubrial, Cairo: Al-Hadara Publishing, 2000. pp252

In full view
Mukhtarat (Selections), Mohamed El-Bisatie, Cairo: General Organisation for Cultural Palaces Publications, 2001. pp238

Tasteful fare
Of Dishes and Discourse, Geert Jan van Gelder, London: Curzon Press, 2000

History through the keyhole
Poverty and Charity in Mediaeval Islam: Mamluk Egypt, 1250-1517, Adam Sabra, Cambridge: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization, Cambridge University Press, 2001. pp192

That blinding absence of light
-- Tazmamart Cellule 10 (Tazmamart Cell 10), Ahmed Marzouki, Paris: Editions Paris Méditerranée; Casablanca: Tarik Editions, 2000. pp334;
-- Cette aveuglante absence de lumière (That Blinding Absence of Light), Tahar Ben Jelloun, Paris: Editions du Seuil, 2001. pp229

Few inches from death
From That Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun

At a glance
A shorthand guide to the month compiled by Mahmoud El-Wardani

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