The Father of Modern Arabic Literature
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World leaders, intellectuals mourn Naguib Mahfouz
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Bidding a fond farewell to the Arab world's Shakespeare
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Lebanese musicians honor their nation in a somber but hopeful concert
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DJ Junior talks about the party scene
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Naguib Mahfouz, an icon of Arab literature, passes away at 94
With a Nobel Prize for Literature, an Order of the Nile, a…
Resurrecting the past in Abu Sir
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Immortalizing a folkloric epic
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Alexandria event focuses on documentaries
Summer film festival defies myth that culture has no place in the…
Present and Tense: Nellie's secret
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