El-Makhzangi's mind games
Awtar Al-Maa' (Water Strings), Mohamed El-Makhzangi, Cairo: Miret Publications, 2002. pp114

That seductive life
To you, peaceful girl, I tell my story this time...

A way of life
Coptic Monasteries: Egypt's Monastic Art and Architecture, Gawdat Gabra, with an historical overview by Tim Vivian, Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2002. pp156, 33 maps and plans, 92 colour illustrations

Arabic into English
Banipal: Magazine of Arab Literature, Spring, Summer & Autumn/Winter 2002 (3 Issues), eds. Margaret Obank & Samuel Shimon, London, 2002

No country is an island
The Nile Basin: National Determinants of Collective Action, John Waterbury, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. pp211

Open to question
L'Islam en Questions (Islam in Questions), Alain Gresh & Tariq Ramadan, Paris: Actes sud, 2002. pp342

A godly tree
The Tree of Arabic Literature, Arabic Literature, An Overview, Pierre Cachia, London: Routledge Curzon, 2002. pp194

At a glance
A shorthand guide to recent publications compiled by Mahmoud El-Wardani