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The Three Continents Creative Meeting Unites Voices across Cultures

Cairo, Egypt — September 3rd, 2005 , the Three Continents Creative Meeting will bring together authors from Azerbaijan , Nigeria, China, Russia, India and Taiwan, alongside their translator, the acclaimed Egyptian poet and novelist Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, in a unique virtual literary event. The festival celebrates the release of Arabic

Poetry: The Deceit of the Journey

With steadfast tread I climbed triumph’s towering illusion, Mistaking vain success for life’s sovereign culmination. Dr. Sajid Hussain, a renowned poet from Rawalpindi, Punjab province of Pakistan shares his poetry on humanity and nature Dr. Sajid Hussain, born on February 1, 1969, in Morgah, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, is

Roses, Ruins, and Resistance:  Reading Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s A Backyard Garden

Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s A Backyard Garden is a profoundly human, polyphonic novel set in contemporary Egypt. It weaves together the lives of individuals in the village of Kafr El-Sarai, focusing particularly on the enigmatic figure of Sayyid Kamal—a hero of the Egyptian independence movement who retreats from public life to live

ALC sustains momentum in Community Campaign to Promote Sustainable Reading

The Community Campaign to Promote Sustainable Reading, launched by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC) in February to coincide with National Reading Month, has achieved notable success in the first half of the year. Held under the theme "Knowledge Illuminates Our Community", the campaign aligns with the UAE’s

Cairo: The City of Thought

In the restless moments of waiting in Cairo, I wandered between the ebbing of words and the depth of ideas, torn between the ache of loss and the demands of study and the future ahead. I spoke to myself once, then again, then again—until I found solace in patience and summoned my unyielding resolve. I remained in the company of my