Among surviving examples of ancient Egyptian literature, one poem stands out ... It follows Sinuhe, a struggling character seeking redemption. But who is Sinuhe and what happens in his story?

writings from ancient Greece and Rome are revered and considered classics of Western literature. Egyptian hieroglyphics, however, are often seen as mere decoration. Sometimes, the characters are ...

Fellowes Alaa Al Aswany’s latest novel begins with an Egyptian ... in Arabic literature, Naguib Mahfouz’s “Palace Walk” (published in 1956), which also begins with a character waking ...

His goal is to make the culture of ancient Egypt, as well as its literary canon, more accessible to people outside his small corner of academia. Here’s Dalya Alberge, reporting for The Guardian ...

focuses on is the profile of Coptic and other Christian characters in modern and contemporary Egyptian literature.