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
The new issue of the Poetry Planetariat comes out at the time when the poet-delegates from around the world are meeting in Medellin on 13-15 July and in Caracas on 17-19 July 2023 for the First World Congress of the World Poetry Movement (WPM). We take this opportunity to welcome all the poet delegates from across the continents.
After
The relationship between East and West, and the conflict between Eastern values and Western values, have been- and will remain - a subject of questioning, research, and a theme that stories, plays, novels, and travel literature deal with.
- Tawfiq al-Hakim, “A Sparrow from the East”, a novel in print and a film
In the depths of the primitive night, when tranquility seized the place, and calmness wore the cloak of time. The pleasant darkness of the night, mingled with the serenity of the moon, became so gentle - how to describe it when it was dispelled by the moonlight, forming a painting in itself framed behind nature amidst olive groves. There are
The festival will be launched with a virtual program (July 1 to 7. 2023). On Saturday July 1, 7:00 p.m. Valerio Magrelli (Italy), Sunday July 2, 7:00 p.m. Nuno Júdice (Portugal), Monday July 3, 7:00 p.m. Etenat Awol (Ethiopia), Paul Liam (Nigeria), Tuesday July 4, 7:00 p.m. Horacio Benavides (Colombia), Liu Xunfu (People’s
