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New & Noteworthy, From Jazz-Age Cairo to a Catholic Memoir Published March 16, 2021Updated March 21, 2021 Recent titles of interest: ZABOR, or The Psalms, by Kamel Daoud. Translated by Emma Ramadan. (Other Press, paper, $17.99.) An ode to storytelling with shades of Scheherazade, this novel by the author of “The Meursault Investigation” features a hero convinced that his journal writing keeps those he loves alive. THE PHONE BOOTH AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, by Laura Imai Messina. Translated by Lucy Rand. (Overlook, $25.) Set in the aftermath of the 2011 Japanese tsunami, this novel about gr...

Where Zoom Webinar In celebration of Women’s History Month, The Middle East Institute’s (MEI) Egypt Program is pleased to announce a book talk reflecting on the stories of women who defined the musical, theatrical, and film culture of Egypt in the 1920’s. Raphael Cormack’s These women and their careers are not only a rich part of Egypt’s modern cultural history, but the stories of their careers interweave debates over feminism, colonialism, conservatism, liberalism, and secularism in the interwar period. Author Maha ElNabawi, moderated by MEI’s Mirette F. Mabrouk. ...