Tag Archives: Egypt

Life Does Not Go On

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Literature has been caught up in the protests that have now entered their seventh day in Egypt. The annual Cairo book fair, due to have been held this week, has been abandoned, with many foreign exhibitors left stranded after failing … Continue reading →

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Some Good News Out of Egypt

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

This weekend the Bibliotheca Alexandrina director Ismail Seragelin wrote an open letter explaining that Egyptian young people were protecting the famous Alexandria library from looters.        “The world has witnessed an unprecedented popular action in the streets of Egypt.  Led … Continue reading →

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Isn’t It Ironic ?

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Isn’t it ironic that as mobs surround the Egyptian Museum in Cairo Dr. Zahi Hawass is again demanding that the Neues Museum in Berlin return the famous bust of Nefertiti. Hawass, the head of Egypt’s Council of Antiquities claims that … Continue reading →

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A Journey Through the Afterlife

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Every fan of Mummy films knows that the ancient Egyptians were obsessed with death. The tombs in the Valley of the Kings are covered with elaborate paintings and hieroglyphic writings about dying and the afterlife. But what is not well … Continue reading →

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