Tag: egypt

Have you seen our new Egypt Literature Guide?

So I imagine you’ve heard about this little piece of news to have come out of Egypt recently… Their president Mubarak was in power for 30 years. In that time, there have been many generations of Egyptians who have felt the impact of that regime, and plenty of authors who’ve created works about their experiences.

Leave it to Professor Emeritus and Librarian Andrea Kempf to put together a guide to help you find some of these works. We highly recommend you check out her LibGuide, Egyptian Fiction from in the 20th and Early 21st Century.

Hope in Unlikely Places

The perception of the Middle East does not always include a hopeful outlook towards peace. Even less likely, one could assume, is the widow of an assassinated leader in the Middle East to believe that peace is near and attainable.  Yet, My Hope for Peace, written by Jehan Sadat, widow of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, does just that.  In it, she discusses what she believes is necessary to reach that goal, tries to diminish stereotypes about the roles women can play, and comes out of a terrible tragedy incredibly optimistic. Whether or not lofty, nor whether or not her plans are ever carried out, this memoir contains several points of inspiration, if not for just simply existing.