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Faces by 20th c Arabic lit giant Mohamed Choukri is a lyrically-written fictionalized autobiographical work that explores the extreme poverty and abuse he faced growing up in Tangier. Now translated into English by @JElbousty #ArabCultureDay press.georgetown.edu/Book/Faces

Georgetown_UP's tweet image. Faces by 20th c Arabic lit giant Mohamed Choukri is a lyrically-written fictionalized autobiographical work that explores the extreme poverty and abuse he faced growing up in Tangier. Now translated into English by @JElbousty #ArabCultureDay press.georgetown.edu/Book/Faces

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Musician in the Clouds by award-winning Iraqi novelist Ali Bader explores global migration and extremism, asking critical questions about belonging and acceptance. The English translation includes an interview between author and translator. press.georgetown.edu/Book/Musician-… #ArabCultureDay

Georgetown_UP's tweet image. Musician in the Clouds by award-winning Iraqi novelist Ali Bader explores global migration and extremism, asking critical questions about belonging and acceptance. The English translation includes an interview between author and translator. press.georgetown.edu/Book/Musician-… #ArabCultureDay

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📚 So begins @reembassiouney's epic tale of visionary Egyptian leader Ahmad Ibn Tulun, who built Al-Qata’i (now Cairo) into a thriving multicultural empire press.georgetown.edu/Book/Al-Qatai #arabcultureday #arabic #booksintranslation

Georgetown_UP's tweet image. 📚 So begins @reembassiouney's epic tale of visionary Egyptian leader Ahmad Ibn Tulun, who built Al-Qata’i (now Cairo) into a thriving multicultural empire
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Book publisher Penguin Random House and advocacy group PEN America sued a Florida school district Wednesday, alleging restrictions on library books about LGBT identity and issues of race and racism violate the constitution on.wsj.com/42YZwhs


Just got back from #ISA2023 in Montreal and now it's time to pack for #DCHistCon 🧳 Looking forward to showing off our DC books, especially Indigenous DC by @ERuleDC press.georgetown.edu/Book/Indigenou…


Day 1 of staffing the @Georgetown_UP booth at #ISA2023: great success 😊 looking forward to checking out the other booths this week!


Looking forward to attending #ISA2023 in Montreal next week to show off @Georgetown_UP’s newest books in international affairs 📚 📚 📚


I was waiting for my train at DC Union Station earlier this week and broke the cardinal rule of books: I bought this purely based on the cover design. And now I’m 100 pages in and I am OBSESSED. @SAChakrabooks @HarperVoyagerUS harpercollins.com/products/the-a…

_stefro's tweet image. I was waiting for my train at DC Union Station earlier this week and broke the cardinal rule of books: I bought this purely based on the cover design. And now I’m 100 pages in and I am OBSESSED. @SAChakrabooks @HarperVoyagerUS harpercollins.com/products/the-a…

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A lot of people ready with Dr. King quotes but nothing to say about police murdering Keenan Anderson.


Traveling to NYC tomorrow for the sales presentation of @Georgetown_UP Spring 2023 titles and then on to Boston for #ACTFL22 📚 Here is actual footage of me preparing for this trip:


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More than 300 new independent bookstores have sprouted across the U.S. in the past couple of years, in a surprising revival after an early pandemic slump. The book selling business — traditionally overwhelmingly white — has also become much more diverse.



I got my second Covid booster this week. Moderna, even though I’ve always been a Pfizer girlie. These side effects are no 👏 joke 👏 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫


“When the internet beckons with its promise that everything is just a Google search away, opting to tune your attention to a single volume within a library you’ve selected for yourself can be seen as a radical act of paying attention.” @psyche_the_mag psyche.co/guides/how-to-…


“Politically, Graham’s bill is a boon to Democrats…. [H]e has underlined Republican callousness toward the abortion patients likely to elicit the most public sympathy.”—@michelleinbklyn @nytimes nytimes.com/2022/09/14/opi…


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Meet the dogs of GUP on #NationalDogDay: Koda, Midnight, Mary Ann, Stella, Brando, and Skye @DAupresses 💛🐶

Georgetown_UP's tweet image. Meet the dogs of GUP on #NationalDogDay: Koda, Midnight, Mary Ann, Stella, Brando, and Skye @DAupresses 💛🐶

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Breaking News: The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, making her the first Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court. nyti.ms/3LO1UPD

nytimes's tweet image. Breaking News: The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, making her the first Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court. nyti.ms/3LO1UPD

At the kick off of #DCHistCon: the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial lecture given by @DrMChatelain

_stefro's tweet image. At the kick off of #DCHistCon: the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial lecture given by @DrMChatelain

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We're hiring! Georgetown University Press is seeking a Marketing Coordinator and a Senior Production Editor to join our team. Details 👇



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It's great to see Ukraine's neighbors welcoming refugees with open arms. But it's worth taking a look at why refugees from Africa and the Middle East haven't received the same treatment.


Wholesome Saturday: Showing my 9yo stepson the Sims 4 for the first time and asking myself why I never thought to pair a rainbow front door with bright red paint? #genius


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