The AUC Press e-Newsletter ~ September 2018
SEVEN ANSWERS

Zora O’Neill could be described as an outgoing, witty, and determined New York City-based travel journalist.

After studying classical Arabic in the 1990s and earning her master’s degree in Arabic literature, she embarked in 2011 on a “linguistic grand tour” of the Middle East, traveling through four countries that represent the main dialects of the Arabic-speaking world—Egypt, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, and Morocco—to improve her Arabic but most of all to speak in Arabic with the people she met along the way. She then decided to write all about this journey in her book All Strangers Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World (AUC Press, 2018).

I n her Seven Answers , O’Neill explains why she wrote this memoir, what it meant for her to learn Arabic, and what trips to the Middle East she has planned for the future. Read more
THE AUC PRESS "PERSISTS"

Standing the test of time for almost 60 years, AUC Press brings Egypt and the region to the world

In this feature, AUCToday , the American University in Cairo’s biannual magazine looks at the challenges and successes of AUC Press since its foundation by AUC’s Board of Trustees in 1960.

“ The beginning of a 1995 written history of AUC Press puts it plainly: ‘ The growth of the Press over the last 35 years has been neither smooth nor steady. ’

“ Bearing down initially through the trials of working with outdated machinery and paper and ink shortages, and consistently through tough economics and political upheaval, AUC Press has endured a storied history in its persistent pursuit of sharing stories. ” Read More
And the caption for this photo is....?
BOOK OF THE MONTH

By Humphrey Davies & Lesley Lababidi
In Cairo, as in many other capitals, people, places, events, and even dates have lent their names to streets, squares, and bridges. Tahrir, Bahgat Ali, 26th of July, Champollion, Mohamed Mazhar. . . . These street names all tell a piece of the city’s history.

This field guide lists more than 600 current and 300 former appellations, with an explanation of what each commemorates and when it was first recorded. Read more
Saturday, September 22
The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor by Rana Haddad (Hoopoe)
7:00pm
Aaliya’s Books, Beirut, Lebanon

10 - 14 October
Messegelände, Frankfurt
AUC Press will be at Stand 6 Hall E105

17 - 22 November
AUC Christmas Book Fair
AUC Tahrir, Cairo
READING CORNER

Welcome to Egypt’s life, culture, and all things good about Cairo, a truly International City. Read more
SOCIAL MEDIA PICK

The number and variety of suggested captions we received was tremendous.

This photograph is one of the production stills from the feature film Looking for Oum Kulthum , 2017.

If you can't sing like the Egyptian diva, why not try to learn one of her famous songs—in Arabic, with Bahaa Ed-Din Ossama's Musiqa al-Kalimat .

BOOK REVIEWS & AUTHOR NEWS

Prime Suspect: Guilty or Not Guilty
Book review of Abdelilah Hamdouchi’s The Final Bet , translated by Jonathan Smolin (Hoopoe, 2016)
Wawa Book Review, by Tọ́pẹ́ Salaudeen-Adégòkè , August 31
 
 
Book review of A Morocco Anthology: Travel Writing through the Centuries , edited by Martin Rose (AUC Press, 2018)
Mandyinmorocco blog, August 26
 
 
Book review of Aristocrats and Archaeologists: An Edwardian Journey on the Nile , edited by Toby Wilkinson and Julian Platt (AUC Press, 2017)
Travelthroughhistory blog, August 21
 
 
Book review of Donia Kamal’s Cigarette Number Seven , translated by Nariman
Youssef (Hoopoe, 2018)
Beyond the Lamp Post , Jo Cahill, August 16
 
 
Book review of The Watermelon Boys by Ruqaya Izzidien (Hoopoe, forthcoming)
MediaDiversified , Cardyn Brooks , August 6
 
 
Book review of Rana Haddad’s T he Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor (Hoopoe, 2018)
iNews , Anita Sethi, July 27


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