I almost claim that the art of autobiography in Arabic literature has been greatly wronged by its writers, who have taken it out of the framework of history, documentation, and written confession, into the space of beautifying the writing selves, improving faded images, and even inventing fake histories that rely on ignorance of the
A Bridge to Cross Times
By: Ashraf Aboul-Yazid
Alexandra Ochirova’s book “Russian Cosmism” opens the doors to an extraordinary world where philosophy, art and poetry are intertwined. This book represents a significant contribution to the study of Russian cosmism, covering not only national, but also universal aspects
The poet, critic and artist Mohamed Okasha faces our creative life with more than one mask. We can describe these masks accurately when we read his poetic and prose texts, follow his critical analyses, or stand before his sculptural works.
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If we praise words by describing them as painted with
We follow the swing that the narrator took in “Bitter Orange” by the Lebanese writer Basma ElKhatib (Dar Al-Adab) as a deceptive, rotating place from which she appears to tell, between a backward jolt that overlooks a past in which the most painful thing is, and the most beautiful thing in it is almost absent, and a forward jolt
The Cheongju University was founded by Kim Won-keun (1886~1965) and his brother, Kim Young-keun (1888~1976). The forerunner was Cheongseok Academic Foundation, established in 1924. The two founding brothers had gone through various hardships and, through blood, sweat and tears, had made a great fortune. They poured their fortune into
