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| Source: Sheikh Zayed Book Award website. |
The Typography and Urban Evolution of Cairo by Egyptian historian Ayman F’uad Sayyid, published by the General Egyptian Book Organization, 2015, is a study of the evolution of urban planning in the city of Cairo since the Islamic Ages till the present day. The author connects urban planning to the development of political, religious, social, economic trends of the people who ruled Egypt. The study uncovers the impact of the rulers and politicians who played a major role in the development plans for Cairo, and includes a photo album and a number of historical maps illustrating the urban development process.
Tahadiyat al Naqed al Mo’aser (Challenges of the Contemporary Critic) by Gaber Asfour, from Egypt, is published by Dar Al Tanweer, Beirut 2014. The book provides an accessible introduction to Arab contemporary literary theory and criticism. It offers modes of criticism within their historical and intellectual contexts in addition to close readings of the major European and Anglo-American critical texts and their impact of Arab criticism movement.
Al fikr al ‘Adabi al Arabi (Arabic Literary Thought) by Said Yaktine from Morocco and published by Difaf Publishing, Beirut 2014, combines the history of the Arab contemporary criticism, Arabic literature and Arab literary thought. The study aims to introduce literary and critical practice in areas of study related to linguistics include semiotics.
Tahadiyat al Naqed al Mo’aser (Challenges of the Contemporary Critic) by Gaber Asfour, from Egypt, is published by Dar Al Tanweer, Beirut 2014. The book provides an accessible introduction to Arab contemporary literary theory and criticism. It offers modes of criticism within their historical and intellectual contexts in addition to close readings of the major European and Anglo-American critical texts and their impact of Arab criticism movement.
Al fikr al ‘Adabi al Arabi (Arabic Literary Thought) by Said Yaktine from Morocco and published by Difaf Publishing, Beirut 2014, combines the history of the Arab contemporary criticism, Arabic literature and Arab literary thought. The study aims to introduce literary and critical practice in areas of study related to linguistics include semiotics.
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