The AUC Press (American University in Cairo Press) was established in 1960 and reorganized in 1984. It is the Middle East’s largest English language publishing house. Its goal is to support the cultural exchange mission of its parent university.
Its publishing program currently offers up to 80 new books annually and maintains a backlist of some 800 titles for distribution worldwide. Its catalogue has scholarly, literary and general interest titles on Egypt and other Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The AUC Press sells more than 300,000 books every year. In addition to its English publications, it licenses foreign editions of Naguib Mahfouz and other Arab writers in 40 languages. The catalogue includes works of fiction by Yusuf Idris, Ibrahim Al-Koni, Sahar Khalifeh, Ali Bader, Ghada al-Samman, Ben Salem Himmich, Alaa Al Aswany and Sonallah Ibrahim.
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