Despite the English occupation of Egypt lasting about seventy-five years (three-quarters of a century), French culture was the most influential in the aristocratic class in Egypt. Most of its members went to France to obtain their higher degrees from there. For example, we saw literary figures and visual artists like Taha Hussein, Mohamed
When he reached the age of fifty, Victor Hugo became a political refugee, causing much concern, confusion, and doubt within the French government due to his writings about freedom, state laws, and the power of those who deviate from them. The French government requested the Belgian government to deport him, and he was transferred by a ship to
The Toyin Falola Interviews, in Partnership with Pan-African Writers’ Association (PAWA) will have a Panel Discussion on Ama Ata Aidoo with distinguished panelists: Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, Bisi Adjapon, Dr. Akwasi Aidoo, and Prof. Peter Amuka, on the life and legacy of Ama Ata Aidoo, the late renowned Ghanaian author, poet, playwright,
As my goal in this glimpse is to address Arab youth, who are beginning to place their feet in the land of knowledge and draw their strength from their great civilization, my aim is also to address non-Arab foreign audiences so they can learn something new about our Arab literature through translating the articles into their English and
Correspondent, Russia:
The First Teleconference of the general meeting of the initiative group of the World Organization of Writers (WOW) took place in the format of a videoconference.
The event was attended online by world-famous writers and poets from Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, India, Spain, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Nigeria,
