Earlier this year, MobyLives wrote about Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s efforts to purge mosque libraries of “any book, irrespective of its author or publishing house, that contradicts the teachings of… Read more »

The last half decade has seen Egypt’s government overthrown twice, punctuated by mob violence and periodic mass killings of demonstrators. Since the June 2014 election of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi,… Read more »

Egypt has a less than stellar reputation when it comes to freedom of speech and press; the independent watchdog organization Freedom House has classified the country as “not free” when… Read more »

An architecture and design firm called Snøhetta, with offices based in Oslo, New York, San Francisco, and is bring modern architecture and the ability to tie a design to the… Read more »

When you’re making sweeping generalizations about what to read to get to know another country—its history, its inhabitants, and its literature— the honorable route to take is one of compensatory… Read more »

Yesterday it was announced that the Egypt Independent was being shut down immediately by its publisher after four years and fifty issues. This is an unfortunate and discouraging development, as… Read more »

Last Friday morning in the Al-Nabi Daniel bookstalls of Alexandria, security forces — reportedly sent by newly elected governor Mohamed Atta Abbas — destroyed sixteen of the market’s forty-eight stalls.… Read more »

The burning of the ancient Royal Library at Alexandria ranks among history’s greatest tragedies and depending on the era and bias of the historian “recording” its loss, blame has been… Read more »