Literature since Makerere 1962: The African Writers’ Pan-African Agenda for Peace, Security and Cultural Development
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid CAIRO: In June 1962, a conference of African literature in the English language, the first African Writers Conference, was held at Makerere University College in Kampala, Uganda. Officially called a “Conference of African Writers of English Expression”, it was sponsored by the Congress for Cultural Freedom and the Mbari Club in association […]
Alexandria hosts Racoda Asian Film Festival 2022
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President, Asia Journalists Association ALEXANDRIA: Racoda, a digital platform interested in cinema, has announced preparations for the launch of the Racoda Asian Film Festival; exciting news, which relives the history of the Silk Road of caravans that set off from Asia to reach the Mediterranean Basin, north in Venice and south in […]
World poets celebrate 100th episode of Uddan Little Magazine live
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid CAIRO: With the start of Covid-19 epidemic that invaded the world, Uddan Little Magazine has planned a virtual path in which poetry will be read on Uddan TV channel online. Over the course of months, prominent world poets from many countries joined Uddan Nights to recite their poems in the live show […]
Tenants of the House: The novel, the film and the author
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid CAIRO: “Tenants of the House” is a socio-political film, inspired by the novel written by Dr. Wale Okediran, a medical doctor, former President of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), and current general secretary of Pan African Writers Association (PAWA). I came to know Dr. Okediran when he invited me to be […]
A society changed by journalists: Seriousness is the key
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid Text of the speech delivered by Ashraf Aboul-Yazid at the World Journalists Conference (WJC 2022) As a boy, I started my career as a dreaming journalist. I only had in mind the image of that young journalist (Tin Tin) in his adventures; traveling, writing, photographing, chasing the bad guys, revealing the truth, using […]
Togo symposium: Environmental issues in modern Arabic poetry of North Africa
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, Egypt Lomé: This morning, the first session of the International Literary Symposium (SYLITO) will start in Togo, hosted by the Togolese capital, Lomé, on April 22 and 23 April, on the topic: “The Contribution of African Literature to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.” The Symposium is organized by the Pan African Writers […]
Lomé hosts International Literary Symposium of Togo
The national monument of Togo is Independence Monument, Lomé By Ashraf Dali, President, Asia Journalists Association (AJA) LOMÉ: Professor Koumealo Anate, the President the Togolese Writers Association (AET), announced that the first edition of the International Literary Symposium of Togo (SYLITO) will be in the Togolese capital city Lomé on April 22- 23 on the theme: […]
Eswatini: The Hidden War in Africa
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid Asia Journalists Association, President CAIRO: As the whole world is busy with the war in a European country, there is another war that could break out if not dealt with responsibility. This is going to happen in Eswatini; officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named in English as Swaziland. It is […]
Read to save ground water
Ashraf Aboul-Yazid ACCRA: Dr. Wale Okediran, Secretary General of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) gave the opening address at Kole Gono Community Library, Accra, Ghana, celebrating the Water World Day on March 22. The event was attended by the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, and the UNESCO Country Representative to Ghana. Dr. Okediran […]
One hundred years after his death, Russian Poet Nikolai Gumilev resumes his travels
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid (Ashraf Dali) Asia Journalist Association President CAIRO: Nikolai Gumilev (April 15, 1886 – August 26, 1921) was an influential Russian poet, literary critic, traveler, and military officer. He was a cofounder of the Acheist Movement in Russian poetry. He was the husband of the well-known Russian poetess and the father of researcher, […]
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