Columbia Takes Lead Role in Big Read Egypt/U.S.

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the US State Department and Arts Midwest. The Big Read is an annual initiative designed to restore reading to the center of American culture by encouraging communities to come together to read the same book. The theme for 2009 is Big Read Egypt/US, which showcases The Thief and the Dogs, a 1961 novel by prolific Egyptian writer, Naguib Mahfouz, who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. ... BigReadEgypt ColumbiaUniversity GregorioLuperonH.S TheThiefandtheDogs NEA US State Department Arts ...