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	From the media

			Cairo's greatest literary secret
			Is the Arab world ready for a literary revolution?
			One thousand and one delights.. Authors and critics on Arabic literature
			Nobel cause: The position of Arabic literature in the world today
			Arabic fiction prize reveals shortlist
			The unbearable weight of history. The books nominated for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction – Sunset Oasis by Bahaa Taher
			Novel banned in its own country vies for Arabic Booker Prize
			Reviews of three of the books short-listed for the International Prize for Arab Fiction
			Taher wins the ‘Arabic Booker
			Bahaa Taher, winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction
			Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
			Maya Jaggi – Lost and found in translation
			Two cultures, one language: Arabic translation of great works to bridge divide
			Translational stakes – Kalima
			The Independent’s Boyd Tonkin at the Cairo International Book Fair
			Maya Jaggi – They let the dogs yap
			Arabian rights/ Amy Webster
			Wrapping up the 40th Cairo International Book Fair
			Robert Fisk – the curious case of the forged biography
			Spread the word – translator Denys Johnson-Davies
			Between words: living language. Interview with translator Roger Allen
			Peter Theroux brings the great Arabic knowledge to America
			An exclusive extract from Chicago by Alaa al-Aswany
			Nothing lost in translation – AUC Press
			AUC Press: a cultural bridge between east and west
			Leading a digital revolution
			A badge of merit – Mohamed Hashem, Dar Merit
			Novel approach – Naguib Mahfouz
			Scheherezade tells all – Ahdaf Soueif
			Girls, uninterrupted – Rajaa Alsanea
			Saudi Arabian writer Yousef al-Mohaimeed
			Egypt’s first graphic novel captures the zeitgeist
			Female bloggers invade Egypt’s literary scene
			Winners of the Sheikh Zayed Cultural Awards 2008
			Interview with Jabbour Douaihy