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What Would Magdi Yacoub Tell His Younger Self Today? Before Sir Magdy Yacoub performs a heart surgery, he often sees himself already performing it in his dreams while he sleeps. Even when his eyes are closed and his body is still, there is sti

Read this insightful interview: egyptianstreets.com/2026/02/21/w...
More in "A Surgeon and a Maverick: The Life and Pioneering Work of Magdi Yacoub" by Simon Pearson and Fiona Gorman (AUC Press, paperback edition, 2025): www.aucpress.com/Yacoub

Edward Said: Prophet, Symphonist, Exemplar Edward Said remains a singular prophet and exemplar for everyone struggling for a world based on peace, justice, and mutual recognition.

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If you’re interested in revisiting Said’s legacy, explore the reflections of his close friend, Nubar Hovsepian, in this insightful book "Edward Said: The Politics of an Oppositional Intellectual" by Nubar Hovsepian (#aucpress, 2025): aucpress.com/blog/2025/07...
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Chain of Hope Relaunches Share Your Heart at the Saatchi Gallery to Mark 30 Years of Saving Children’s Lives Chain of Hope is delighted to announce the relaunch of its celebrated Share Your Heart project, returning to the Saatchi Gallery in February 2026 with an ext...

Art, compassion, and 30 years of impact.
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"Honey Hunger" and "Granada: The Complete Trilogy", published by Hoopoe, have been honored by the 2025 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, with one novel named as the winner and the other as the front-runner. Read more: aucpress.com/blog/2026/01...

We'll have a "Arabic literature in English translation forthcoming 2026" list on Monday, Jan 5 so please let us know what we're missing before then.

Congratulations to Marilyn & Kay.

Couldn't believe this was Marilyn's first Banipal win.

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Marilyn Booth Wins 2025 Banipal Prize Although Kay Heikkenen has previously won the Banipal (for her translation of Huzama Habayeb's Velvet) this was, surprisingly, the first time Marilyn Booth has won the prize.

Marilyn Booth Wins 2025 Banipal Prize

Although Kay Heikkenen has previously won the Banipal (for her translation of Huzama Habayeb's Velvet) this was, surprisingly, the first time Marilyn Booth has won the prize.

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INTERVIEW: Providing insight into countries of region key objective of our selections: Nadine El-Hadi of AUC Hoopoe Imprint - News - Books Nadine El-Hadi, senior acquisitions editor of the American University in Cairo Press’s translation branch, reflects on the imprint’s mission to bring the voices, histories, and complexities of the Ara...

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Join us for an online book talk on "Islamic Theology and the Problem of Evil" by Safaruk Chowdhury (Paperback edition, AUC Press, 2025).
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Global 20% Discount (US, UK, Europe)
In recognition of the annual meeting of the annual meeting of MESA, we’re extending a global 20% discount to those who couldn’t attend. Use code MESA2025 at checkout. Offer expires on 6 December 2025.
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Egypt – Christmas Book Fair (20% Discount)
Enjoy a 20% festive discount from 27 November to 6 December 2025, at AUC Tahrir Bookstore, The Shop (New Cairo), and online.
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At the 27th ICOM General Conference in Dubai, focused on “The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities,” AUC Press authors Aidan Dodson and Tarek Tawfik were elected to the CIPEG board. #Museums #Egyptology #aucpress
Congratulations.

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Sir Magdi Yacoub, the king of hearts

On #WorldHeartDay, we pay tribute to the “King of Hearts", Sir Magdi Yacoub, who devoted his life to healing hearts. His journey is told in the first authorized #biography "A Surgeon and a Maverick": aucpress.com/Yacoub #aucpress
A percentage of proceeds supports the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation.

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Join the discussion on "A History of Arab Graphic Design" (Arabic Edition)
Tomorrow, Tuesday, 26 August 2025.
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***The conversation will be conducted in Arabic.

New in Paperback
This first volume in the Christianity and Monasticism series explores seventeen centuries of Christian and monastic life in Sohag, Upper Egypt.
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Join us for a special online discussion of "A History of Arab Graphic Design" (Arabic Edition), the first comprehensive #book on Arab graphic design, co-authored by Bahia Shehab and Haytham Nawar.
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Join us for a live online conversation with Nasser Rabbat and Deen Sharp, editors of "Reconstruction as Violence in Assad’s Syria":https://tinyurl.com/ReconstructionasViolence-OW

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“The Ghosts of Iraq’s Marshes: A History of Conflict, Tragedy, and Restoration” in the latest Middle East Talks podcast.
Hosted by Khaled Ezzelarab, the episode features co-author Steve Lonergan.
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Join the hybrid event at the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland in London, with co-editor Sami De Giosa & Alison Ohta. Book extract: tinyurl.com/The-Medieval...
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July's Newsletter is Here!
Explore the latest updates from AUC Press in our July 2025 #newsletter: bit.ly/AUCP-News-Ju...

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The Association of University Presses: 'Essential Reading' on Immigration Almost 40 university presses have contributed to a collection of writings on issues in immigration and migration.

“Making Routes: Mobility and Politics of Migration in the Global South”, edited by Gerda Heck, Eda Sevinin, Elena Habersky and Carlos Sandoval-García (AUC Press, 2024).
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These are extraordinary findings from a set of beat-up coffins, and I am so grateful that the cache exists at all for us to study this turbulent time Read this Q&A with Kara Cooney as she discusses her latest book, Recycling for Death: Coffin Reuse in Ancient Egypt and the Theban Royal Caches (AUC Press, 2024), and reveals ancient Egyptian practice...

Q&A with Kara Cooney on "Recycling for Death: Coffin Reuse in Ancient Egypt and the Theban Royal Caches" (AUC Press, 2024). Discover the reasons behind the ancient Egyptians’ reuse of #coffins: linkedin.com/pulse/extrao...

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A Special Release: " A History of Arab Graphic Design" is Now Available in Arabic
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"Visualizing Egypt: European Travel, Book Publishing, and the Commercialization of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century" by Paulina Banas (AUC Press, 2025). Read an excerpt and learn more about the book: tinyurl.com/visualizing-...

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Buy a back issue of ArabLit Quarterly (@arablit.bsky.social) to support new work in 2025-26! Find all 18 issues (including FOLK, DREAMS, CATS, THE JOKE, THE KITCHEN & more) + backlist books at arablit.org/shop #buyabackissue

“Vibrant storytelling.”—Binghamton University Magazine
"Forgotten Saint-Simonian Travelers in Egypt: Suzanne Voilquin, Ismayl Urbain, and Jehan d'Ivray" by John David Ragan (AUC Press, 2025): tinyurl.com/F-SaintSimon...

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Who is the #Sphinx? Not a mythological creature—but an #ancientEgyptian #pharaoh, say #archaeologists. But which one?
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