[Foundation-l] FYI: Welcome to this years Wikimania site: Egypt, the land with cultur ministers with special taste in history, culture and all the good things

[phoebe ayers]

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> Mathias Schindler wrote:
>> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
>>
>>> It's also good to remember that Mahfouz was not universally admired in
>>> his own country.
>>>
>> Looking at Elfriede Jelinek, Orhan Pamuk and John Maxwell Coetzee, I
>> think that this is some kind of requirement for writing interesting
>> texts. I might mix cause and effect.
>
> O'Casey, Steinbeck, Pasternak, Fo....
>
> Looks like I'll be reading the Cairo Trilogy on the long flight to
> Wikimania.
>
> Ec

I would *love* to talk about good Egyptian novels etc. to read
beforehand... but maybe over on the Wikimania list? :)

-- phoebe