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Coptic Christians

Egyptian author Shady Lewis Botros poses with a copy of his book "Ways of the Lord" in London, on December 04. (AP)

Egyptian novel explores Christians under controlling church

Saudi Arabia

For broader horizons. Visitors browse through books during a community gathering in Khobar. (Twitter)

A Saudi women’s initiative to encourage book reading

Islam

Cover of Akbar Ahmed’s “Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration and Identity.”

Looking at Muslims through a ‘Journey into Europe’

Dunia El-Zobaidi

Anti-extremism

Pressing issue. SG-CIPDR Secretary-General Muriel Domenach during a news conferenceat Beaumont-en-Veron near Chinon in central France. (AFP)

Writing the book in the fight against radicalisation

Beirut

A desire for revenge. Cover of the new book “Beirut Rules.”

‘Beirut rules’ in the region’s shadow wars

Morocco

Unexpected ground. Cover of Anouar Majid’s «Call to Heresy.»

The ‘heretic’ world of Moroccan writer Anouar Majid

Abdulaziz Jdeir

culture

Cover of “The Middle East: The Cradle of Civilisation.”

Exploring the Middle East’s centrality to mankind

Book Fair

Tunisian books to the fore. Director of the national Tunisian Book Fair, Mansour M’henni. (Courtesy of Mansour M’henni)

Talking to the director of the first Tunisian Book Fair

Trump

Copies of “Fear: Trump in the White House” by Bob Woodward on display at Book Passage in Corte Madera in California. (AFP)

Woodward tells story of Trump’s policymaking and sources of influence on Iran