I've just been reading online about the 10 bookstores every reader should visit in their lifetime. There are some amazing places that are worth visiting not just for the books. You need to open the...

Finally my story had reached back home to Egypt l. I sent two of my books to the Egyptian Museem where I feel that they both belong.

Deep down in my soul and heart I feel like I've placed my stories...

Reading the excellent Red Nile by Robert Twigger, I came across this odd little poem :

Carry on Cleo

Cleo was a murderer; Cleo was a tart;
When Tony lost to Gussy boy, she ran and broke his heart....

Satnav – A new poem by Pam Ayres

I have a little Satnav, it sits there in my car.
A Satnav is a driver's friend it tells you where you are.
I have a little Satnav, i've had it all my life.
It's...

Written by a pal Robert who used to live in Cairo, I went deep into the Western desert with him once.
I should have advised this to our MT before he even decided to relocate here, it might have saved...

I came across this recently...I can't vouch for its authenticity, but it sounds about right. Even if it isn't his words, the sentiments ring true :

Powerful last words of Steve Jobs -

I have come...

Halfway through this weighty treatise, I became fascinated by the history of one Adam Worth and his fantastic but forgotten robberies.
But became sidelined with a million $$$ robbery on The Bank of...

Wish I could claim credit for writing this, but I can't ;)

'Won’t you join our Common Market?’ said the spider to the fly,
‘It really is a winner and the cost is not too high’
‘I know De Gaulle...

Has anybody read Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon? If you have am curious to hear your thoughts on this book.

I heard him speak this morning on a New Commentary show and he a very interesting...

Okay so I have a new book out called The Battle of Beginnings.

Ever wonder what really went on before the Big Bang? Well I got a story that will make you think about it.

There was this.immense...

Now this guy has been writing about the East End of London for years.
He writes about interesting stuff all about my area,
but today found this on Malplaquet House down the Mile End road.
Prepare...

So, what's your favourite book about Egypt ?
Be it, historical, pyramididiots, mathematical, biographical, theoretical, trash novels, ect ect.

Iv'e read most, I have for over 40 years been reading...

Hey guys! I've decided to write a third book and this time specifically on the Amarna Princesses(that which includes the daughter of Kiya, Ankhesenpaaten Tasherit or Meritaten Tasherit). This does...

Michael Asher's novel with the above title, published 2000 by Harper/Collins may be of interest to some - it includes a lot of references to Akhenaten, Tutankamun, etc., especially in the 2nd half.

BBC Radio 4, 18 january at 21:30 UK time

Alaa Al Aswany on Egypt
Start the Week
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On Start the Week Tom Sutcliffe talks to the Egyptian writer Alaa Al Aswany about his...

BBC Radio 4, 18 January 22:45 UK time

Episode 1
Book at Bedtime, The Automobile Club of Egypt Episode 1 of 10

Once a respected landowner, Abd el-Aziz Gaafar has fallen into penury and has moved his...

In Luxor City a New Year has started
We think the past has now departed
Looking forward with a smiling face
Progressing again at a steady pace.

New Historic sites have been found
The tourist joy...

I've recently finished The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns (fiction) by Khaled Hosseni, and The Sewing Circles of Herat (non-fiction) by Christina Lamb.

No wonder the poor souls of in...

'Some people are so poor all they have is money.'

I've just come across the above quotation, although sadly I don't know where it originated from. I thought it quite profound and fitted my thoughts...

Now here's an interesting one I came across in my local Clerkenwell Post.

Reading the intro I contacted 'big-nose, the author is a solicitor and the sister of 'sniffy Immy another solicitor, who...