We often come across souls we have never known, and faces we've never recognized before, falling in love with words without considering who wrote them or what inspired them to put them down, and what lies beneath them. We cry with eyes we've
The United Arab Emirates is set to host the climate change summit, COP 28, from November 30 to December 12, 2023, crowning a long journey in environmental protection, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and investing in green energy. The world is looking
“Let us endeavor so to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.” This very inspiring quote by the famous writer Mark Twain rings a bell in my head every time I hear that someone passed away. I open The Noble Quran
Critic Mahmoud Abdel Shakoor says in his book "How to Watch a Movie", that dialogue in itself is a difficult art complementing the art of cinema, pointing out that Egyptian cinema in its golden age relied on giants specialized in dialogue, such
The Rajaz meter relies on the activation of "Mustainilun", which is repeated three times in the first hemistich and three times in the second hemistich of the poetic pattern. It consists of: short movement + pause (minor reason) + double
It is not easy for a writer, while still at the height of his creative journey, to become the subject of an entire book of testimonials and critical reflections. Yet The Literary Traveler: Ashraf Aboul-Yazid – Testimonials and Critical Perspectives demonstrates that the experience of Egyptian poet, novelist, traveler, journalist, and translator Ashraf Aboul-Yazid has transcended the boundaries
