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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...
January 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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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.
January 1, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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Congratulations to Marilyn & Kay.

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

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January 7, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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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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January 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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Read AUC Press News | December 2025: bit.ly/AUCP-Dec-2025
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December 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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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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December 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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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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December 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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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.
Explore #aucpress’s 2025 Picks: tinyurl.com/MESA-Discount
November 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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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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November 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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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.
November 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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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.
A Surgeon and A Maverick Book Cover Sir Magdi Yacoub, the king of hearts
September 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Kind reminder 🔔
Join the discussion on "A History of Arab Graphic Design" (Arabic Edition)
Tomorrow, Tuesday, 26 August 2025.
7pm Cairo | 5pm London | 12pm New York
Register via Zoom: tinyurl.com/Register-AHA...
***The conversation will be conducted in Arabic.
August 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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New in Paperback
This first volume in the Christianity and Monasticism series explores seventeen centuries of Christian and monastic life in Sohag, Upper Egypt.
Read more in this blog: tinyurl.com/Christianity...
#aucpress #christianity #sohag #monasticlife #ScholarlyPublishing #coptic #studies
August 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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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.
Register here: tinyurl.com/Register-AHA...
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August 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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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

#Syria #postwar #assad #Politics #VIRTUAL #aucpress
August 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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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.
Listen here: tinyurl.com/podcast-Iraq...

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August 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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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...
Watch AUC Press’s earlier virtual discussion: tinyurl.com/Virtualdiscu...
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July 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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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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July 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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“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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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.
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July 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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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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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...
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July 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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A Special Release: " A History of Arab Graphic Design" is Now Available in Arabic
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June 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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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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Now Available: Visualizing Egypt by Paulina Banas (AUC Press, June 2025)
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June 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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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
June 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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“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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June 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Explore the latest #updates from AUC Press in our May 2025 e-newsletter and discover #books tailored to your interests: tinyurl.com/AUCP-News-Ma...
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May 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM