In This Issue
» Interview with the editor of
The Battle of El Alamein on
the 70th anniversary
» Gamal al-Ghitani talks about
Naguib Mahfouz‟s Old Cairo
» AUC Press history books
selected for American
Association of School
Librarians bibliography
» AUC Bookstores supply
customized books and ebooks for the AUC School of
Continuing Education
October 2012
Dear Reader,
We are looking forward to an exciting month of events and new
publications!
From 10 to 14 October, the AUC Press will be participating in the
Frankfurt Book Fair (Hall 8.0, stand M942). If you wish to inquire
about sales, contact Trevor Naylor, AUC Press Associate Director,
Sales & Marketing.
On October 18, on the
occasion of the 70th
anniversary of the pivotal WWII
desert battle (Oct. 23‒Nov. 4,
1942), we invite you to the
book launch of El Alamein and
the Struggle for North Africa:
International Perspectives from
the Twenty-first Century, edited
by Jill Edwards, and to the opening of an exhibition featuring some
of the remarkable vintage historic illustrations from the book.
The event will take place in the AUC Legacy Gallery of the AUC
Tahrir Square Campus following a special day-long symposium in
Oriental Hall on the North African conflict, chaired by Jill Edwards,
with the participation of many of the book‟s international
contributors. El Alamein and the Struggle for North Africa offers a
detailed yet broad reassessment of the complexities of the war in
North Africa between 1941 and 1943 through an insightful collection
of studies by distinguished military historians.
Other new books this month include:
Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile, a lushly illustrated
gazetteer of the archaeological sites of southern Egypt and northern
Sudan, with essays on the history, archaeology, and material culture
of the region, edited by Marjorie M. Fisher, Peter Lacovara, Salima
Ikram, and Sue D‟Auria, with photographs by Chester Higgins Jr,
and a foreword by Zahi Hawass.
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AUC Press Events
Arab Spring in Egypt: Revolution and Beyond, edited by Bahgat
Korany and Rabab El-Mahdi, is one of the first books by scholars in
October 10-14
Frankfurt Book Fair
Hall 8.0, stand M942
Frankfurt, Germany
the field that looks at the important issues and conditions that gave
October 18
Book Launch & Exhibition
El Alamein and the Struggle for
North Africa
International Perspectives from
the Twenty-first Century
Edited by Jill Edwards (AUC
Press, 2012)
The AUC Legacy Gallery
AUC Tahrir
6:00 pm
The Egyptian novel candygirl by M.M. Tawfik centers around
November 1
The Cairo of Naguib Mahfouz
Britta Le Va and Gamal alGhitani
David Nolan Gallery, New York
events.
rise to the Egyptian 2011 uprising.
Cerebellum who lives in Cairo‟s slums, gets involved with a
gorgeous avatar in the virtual world, and is chased by a secret
organization whose mission is to assassinate Iraqi scientists.
And the surrealist novel, The Book of Epiphanies, by prominent
Egyptian author Gamal al-Ghitan is edged with satire that comments
on political issues, a son‟s relationship with his father, and current
We hope you enjoy these books and look forward to seeing you on
October 18.
November 17-20
Middle East Studies Association
(MESA) Annual Meeting 2012
Denver, Colorado, USA
Dr. Nigel Fletcher-Jones
December 1-3
AUC Press Holiday Book Fair
AUC Tahrir
Book of the Month – Available at the AUC Press Bookstores
December 9-13
AUC Press Holiday Bazaar
AUC New Cairo
December 11
The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for
Literature
Oriental Hall
AUC Tahrir
Check the website regularly for
other upcoming events.
AUC Press Director
El Alamein and the Struggle for
North Africa
International Perspectives from the
Twenty-first Century
Edited by Jill Edwards
“Many historians thought that the Battle
of El Alamein was a turning point of the
war. Churchill famously said „Before
Alamein we never had a victory. After
Alamein we never had a defeat.‟ That
is not quite true of course but it
certainly was very significant in a
sense that it gave people hope that they would eventually be able
to win after a very miserable start to the war. The other turning
point of course was Stalingrad. Those are twin events. El Alamein
was a very significant area for Britain, more so perhaps than
Stalingrad.” Excerpt from a recent interview with Jill Edwards. For
the complete interview, click here.
To read more about the book and order it, click here.
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New AUC Press Books – Available at the AUC Press Bookstores
candygirl
M.M. Tawfik
An Egyptian Novel
Translated by the author
“Hundreds of eyes intersect with his,
redoubling his fears, almost driving
him out of his mind. How is he to
distinguish between an inquisitive
youth and a scout for a criminal
gang? How can he tell if that person
in the café, observing him from
behind his newspaper, is a
plainclothes policeman or an agent for the CIA? One thing is for
sure: danger lurks in every corner. It aims weapons at him from
the rooftops. It is ready to pounce on him from behind tinted car
windows.” Excerpt from Chapter 1.
To read more about this Egyptian novel by the author of Murder
in the Tower of Happiness, click here.
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The Imaginary and the
Documentary
Cultural Studies in Literature,
History, and the Art
Issue 32 of Alif: Journal of
Comparative Poetics (published by
the AUC‟s Department of English and
Comparative Literature) contains
articles ranging from “Resistance
Literature Revisited: From Basra to
Guantánamo” and “Arabia Fantasia:
US Literary Culture and the Middle
East,” to “Cultural Identity and Diaspora,” and uses cultural
criticism to investigate the intersection of the imagination and
reality in creative work.
“Creative works are not just products of the imagination,
standing apart from what takes place in reality; nor are historical
accounts possible without the faculty of imaginative
construction,” explains Alif editor Ferial Ghazoul.
To read more about this issue of Alif and order it, click here
More new AUC Press books
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Join us for the exhibition and
celebration of the publication of
El Alamein and the Struggle for
North Africa on October 18.
AUC Press Books & Authors in the News
The people‟s friend or foe? Literary Views of Gamal AbdelNasser
Marcia Lynx Qualey discusses various works of Naguib Mahfouz
including Before the Throne (AUC Press, 2009)
Egypt Independent
Novelist Mansoura Ez Eldin: On Starting a Blog
“I hope the readers of the blog will vary from fellow authors to the
readers of my books and new potential readers whom I don‟t
expect,” says Ez Eldin, author of Maryam’s Maze (AUC Press,
2007)
Arablit blog
Ibrahim Abdel Meguid Interview: Egypt‟s youth who are willing to
die in the streets won‟t fail
Abdel Meguid is the author of several AUC Press novels
including Birds of Amber (2005) and No One Sleeps in
Alexandria (1999)
AhramOnline, Mary Mourad
Khaled al-Berry Goes to Iowa
Author of Life Is More Beautiful than Paradise (AUC Press,
2009) joins University of Iowa‟s prestigious International Writing
Program
Arablit blog
Revisiting Mohammed Mustagab
Marcia Lynx Qualey discusses the author‟s black humor novel
Tales from Dayrut (AUC Press, 2008)
Arablit blog
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