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Naguib Mahfouz and Uncovering Ziqaq Al Midaq
By Mohammad Al Sahily | Staff Writer
In Ziqaq al Midaq, Mahfouz sought to show us Cairo culture untainted by tradition and false narratives
A Review of Life on the Mississippi
By Garo Kerdelian | Staff Writer
If we are to take away a lesson from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, let it be this: time inevitably goes on, and Twain’s simple and light-hearted approach to things is one everyone should adopt from time to time. In times of constant change, we can all learn from the steamboat pilots who braved the Mississippi – that “great father of Waters” – and be confident in our knowledge and experience, develop good judgment, memory, and decision, and go out into the great unknown with a courage that no peril can shake.
A Book Talk about Ba`thist Syria
by Zeina Bazarbachi | contributing writer
A recount of a public talk by Princeton University’s Associate Professor Max Weiss, which was organized by CAMES and the Department of English at AUB. It was titled Revolutions Aesthetic: A Cultural History of Ba`thist Syria and was meant to walk the attendees through Weiss’ latest book with the same title.
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