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The New Arab selected The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody by Ahmed Taibaoui, translated by Jonathan Wright, and History of Ash by Khadija Marouazi, translated by Alexander E. Elinson (Hoopoe, 2023) as "Best New Books of 2023"
Cairo Inside Out (AUC Press, 2019) and Egypt Inside Out (AUC Press, 2020) by Trevor Naylor, photography by Doriana Dimitrova
“The inside-out perspective evokes the experience of being there, inviting readers to embrace an almost meditative travel discipline of slowing down to take in the details and complexities of Egypt, moment by moment. . . . taking the reader on a picturesque journey northward along the Nile, from the Nubian culture and archeological richness of Aswan to the temples at Luxor and all the way to Cairo and Alexandria along the coast."—J. Trevor Williams, AramcoWorld
Open Gaza, edited by Michael Sorkin and Deen Sharp (AUC Press, 2021)
“Open Gaza, which brings together environmentalists, planners, and scholars from Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, the U.S., the UK, India and beyond to share their visions for creating a better place for Gazans and Palestinians.”—Robin Young, NPR’s Here and Now
The Regency of Tunis by Leïla Temime Blili, translated by Margaux Fitoussi and Anna Boots (AUC Press, 2021)
"[P]rovides innovative and provocative insights into the more than century-long process of Tunisia’s attachment to the Ottoman Empire, as well as a valuable contextualization, ranging far beyond Tunisia itself, of the environment and circumstances in which this process played out.”—Journal of Islamic Studies
Msh Zanbik (It’s Not Your Fault) by Jillian Campana, Dina Amin, and The Cairo Writers Lab (AUC Press, 2023)
“The first published plays in Egypt that deal directly with sexual harassment.”—Ahram Online
The House of the Coptic Woman by Ashraf El-Ashmawi, translated by Peter Daniel (Hoopoe, 2023)
“These are credible characters and they really ground the story of upheaval and conflict, giving it heft and poignancy, elegantly told, slowly building on the passion behind the story.”—Crime Time FM
Heart of the Night by Naguib Mahfouz, translated by Aida Bamia (AUC Press, 2020)
“Heart of the Night is rich in thought and vision. . . . For anyone interested in Mahfouz’s work and views on philosophy and religion, the novel is well worth the read.”—Al-‘Arabiyya: Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic
The Story of the Banned Book by Mohamed Shoair, translated by Humphrey Davies (AUC Press, 2022)
“[A] forensic literary investigation. . . . Like any good detective—and Shoair is an exceptional one—he presents the reader with a fluent intellectual thriller, a cross-over book that will interest scholars of Arabic literature and intellectual historians as much as it will delight the general reader for whom it is mostly addressed. . . . The Story of the Banned Book is not only a literary and intellectual achievement, but also a methodological triumph.” —Yoav Di-Capua, The Journal of North African Studies
Tahrir’s Youth by Rusha Latif (AUC Press, May 2022)
“Offers vivid, intimate portraits of the youths who led the massive uprising that brought down the Mubarak regime in Egypt in 2011. . . . Arguing against an overly deterministic technological optimism, Tahrir’s Youth strikes a delicate balance between the social effects of information technology and the impact of these young actors’ political agency.”—Pengfei Zhao, Social Forces
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