Summer now gathers its leaves and departs, defeated by the coming autumn, which I dearly love—more than spring, winter, and summer. When autumn begins in Alexandria, the number of summer vacationers diminishes. The city, especially areas like Sidi Bishr and Miami, becomes less congested. Typically, the last holiday-goer departs with the
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina has launched a new book series titled "Humanity's Heritage for Youth and Adolescents", as part of the activities of the currently held International Book Fair at the library, which concludes on Wednesday, July 26th.
The series, supervised by Dr. Ahmed Zayed (Director of the Library), presents
For expatriation from the homeland, there are endless hopes and aspirations that do not stop at its geographical borders, and these hopes do not recognize the long distances that the expatriate travels away from his homeland, imagining deep within himself that what he reaps in material and perhaps social gains can make him forget his pains or
The World Poetry Movement is a coordination of international poetry festivals, poetry projects and poets from more than 170 countries that, through the globalization and realization of poetic actions, seeks to contribute to the construction of a new humanism for the twenty-first century, permanently promoting intercultural dialogue through
Ahmed Hassan El-Zayyat (1885 - 1968) is considered one of the prominent figures of the cultural renaissance in Egypt and the Arab world, and the founder of "Al-Risala" magazine. He was chosen as a member of the language academies in Cairo, Damascus, and Baghdad, and won the State Appreciation Award in Literature in 1962.
He was
