List of Egyptian authors
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- Yasser Abdel HafezYasser Abdel HafezYasser Abdel Hafez is an Egyptian novelist and journalist. He was born in Cairo and studied law at Ain Shams University. He has worked as a journalist for the Arabic-language literary journal Akhbar al-Adab for more than 20 years. Abdel Hafez's most notable work is his novel On the Occasion of...
- Ibrahim Abdel MeguidIbrahim Abdel MeguidIbrahim Abdel Meguid is an award-winning Egyptian novelist and author. He was born in Alexandria in 1946 and studied philosophy at Alexandria University. He obtained his BA in 1973 and moved to Cairo the following year. He published his first novel around the same time. Among his best known works...
- Ihsan Abdel QuddousIhsan Abdel QuddousIhsan Abdel Quddous was an Egyptian writer, novelist, and journalist and editor in the Al Akhbar and Al-Ahram newspapers. He is known to have written many novels that have been adapted in films....
- Yahya Taher AbdullahYahya Taher AbdullahYahya Taher Abdullah was an Egyptian writer.Abdullah grew up in Upper Egypt but moved to Cairo in 1964 at the age of 28. One of the first to recognize his talents was the writer and editor Edwar al-Kharrat who arranged a monthly stipend for him. Nonetheless, Abdullah lived a meagre existence...
- Hamdy Abowgliel
- Yusuf Abu RayyaYusuf Abu RayyaYusuf Abu Rayya was an Egyptian author. He was born in 1955 in Hihya in the Sharqiya Governorate, and studied journalism at Cairo University. His first published book was a collection of short stories in 1985, followed by his first novel in 1989. He wrote over a dozen books including novels,...
- Abbas Al Akkad
- Muhammad AladdinMuhammad AladdinMuhammad Aladdin, also known as Alaa Eddin is an Egyptian novelist, short story writer, and script writer. Aladdin has gained acclamation for his first novel published The Gospel According to Adam in January 2006...
- Ahmed AlaidyAhmed AlaidyAhmed Alaidy, أحمد العايدي , is an Egyptian novelist, born on December 24, 1974. He is the author of the novel Being Abbas El Abd , , أن تكون عباس العبد . He studied marketing at Cairo University, and has worked as a scriptwriter on quiz shows and for the cinema, and as a writer of satirical...
- Idris AliIdris AliIdris Ali was an Egyptian author of Nubian origin. He was born in Aswan in Upper Egypt and studied at Al-Azhar University. He published his first story in 1969, and eventually wrote six novels and three short story collections...
- Gaber AsfourGaber AsfourGaber Ahmed Asfour is an Egyptian professor at Cairo University since 1966, who was appointed as the Minister of Culture on 1 February 2011 . He has published Countering Fanaticism, Times of the Novel and In Defense of the Enlightenment, among others ....
- Radwa AshourRadwa Ashour-Life:She graduated from Cairo University with a BA in 1967, and MA. in 1972, and from University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a Ph.D. in 1975.She teaches at Ain Shams University.She married Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti in 1970....
- Alaa Al AswanyAlaa Al AswanyAlaa al-Aswany is an Egyptian writer, and a founding member of the political movement Kefaya.-Biography:Alaa Al Aswany studied to be a dentist, first in Egypt, and then later Chicago....
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- Mohammad Moustafa HaddaraMohammad Moustafa HaddaraProfessor Dr. Mohammad Moustafa Haddara was a distinguished Arabic scholar.Dr. Haddara was Professor of Arabic Literature, at Alexandria University, Egypt, and a Professor at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia....
- Tawfiq al-Hakim
- Yehia Hakki
- Muhammad Husayn HaykalMuhammad Husayn HaykalMuhammad Hussein Haekal was an Egyptian writer, journalist, politician and Minister of Education in Egypt.- Life :...
- Taha Hussein
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- Naguib MahfouzNaguib MahfouzNaguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to explore themes of existentialism. He published over 50 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie...
- Mostafa MahmoudMostafa MahmoudMustafa Kamal Mahmoud Husayn commonly known as Mustafa Mahmud was an Egyptian scientist and a prolific author. Dr. Mustafa Mahmoud was born in Shibin el-Kom, Munufiyya province, Egypt...
- Zaki Naguib MahmoudZaki Naguib MahmoudZaki Naguib Mahmoud was an Egyptian intellectual and thinker, and is considered a pioneer in modern Arabic philosophical thought. Best known with "The philosopher of authors and author of philosophers" as Abbas Mahmoud al-Akkad called him...
- Mustafa Lutfi al-ManfalutiMustafa Lutfi al-ManfalutiMustafa Lutfi el-Manfaluti was an Egyptian writer and poet who was born in the Upper Egyptian city of Manfalut to an Arab father and a Turkish mother....
- Ibrahim al-MaziniIbrahim al-MaziniIbrahim 'Abd al-Qadir al-Mazini was an Egyptian poet, novelist, journalist, and translator.-Early life:...
- Salama MoussaSalama MoussaSalama Moussa Born into a wealthy, land owning Coptic family in the town of Zagazig located in the Nile delta. Salama Musa was a journalist, writer, advocator of secularism, and pioneer of Arab socialism. He wrote or translated 45 published books; his writings still influence Arab thought and he...
- Naglaa Muharram
- Ra'ouf Mus'adRa'ouf Mus'adRa’ouf Mus'ad is a playwright, journalist and novelist who was born in Sudan to Egyptian Coptic parents. He moved to Egypt as a teenager and lived in various countries, both in the Middle East and in Europe, during the past 30 years...
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- Nawal el-Saadawi
- Mekkawi SaidMekkawi SaidMekkawi Said is an Egyptian novelist and short story writer. Born in Cairo in 1955, he studied at Cairo University. He has worked as a scriptwriter and publisher, among other things. He currently runs the Al-Dar publishing house in Cairo....
- Ibtihal SalemIbtihal SalemIbtihal Salem is an Egyptian short story and writer. She was born in Giza and studied psychology at Ain Shams University. She has worked in Egyptian theatre and radio. Her first collection of short stories, al-Nawras was published in 1989, followed by a second volume Dunya Saghira in 1992...
- Khairy ShalabyKhairy ShalabyKhairy Shalaby was an Egyptian novelist and writer. He wrote some 70 books, including twenty novels, critical studies, historical tales, plays and short story collections...
- Ahmed Zaghloul Al-sheetyAhmed Zaghloul Al-sheetyAhmed Zaghloul Al-sheety is a contemporary Egyptian novelist who has enormously attracted attention to himself after his first important novel, Poisonous Roses for Sakr. Published in Cairo, February 1990, Roses was heartily received by the literary circles inside and outside Egypt...
- Gilbert SinouéGilbert SinouéGilbert Sinoué is a classically trained guitarist and author who has lived in France since the age of 19. He has won major French literary awards for his books, which are written in French...
- Mona SolimanMona SolimanMona Soliman is the nom de plume of an Egyptian novelist and poetess.- Works :- External links :*...
- Ahdaf SoueifAhdaf SoueifAhdaf Soueif is an Anglo-Egyptian novelist and political and cultural commentator.-Life and career:Soueif was born in Cairo and educated in Egypt and England...
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- Miral al-TahawyMiral al-TahawyMiral al-Tahawy is an award-winning Egyptian novelist and short story writer. She comes from a conservative Bedouin background and is regarded as a pioneering literary figure...
- Bahaa TaherBahaa TaherBahaa Taher , sometimes transliterated as Bahaa Tahir, Baha Taher, or Baha Tahir, is an Egyptian novelist who writes in Arabic. He was awarded the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2008.-Life:...
- Omar TaherOmar Taher-Biography:Taher was born in 1973 in Sohag to a wealthy Egyptian family from Upper Egypt. He graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor's degree in commerce from Helwan University.- Publications :1-Meshwar lehad el hait -19982-Labodda min kheyana -2000...
- Sahar TawfiqSahar TawfiqSahar Tawfiq is an Egyptian novelist, short story writer and translator. Born and raised in Cairo, she studied Arabic language and literature at Al-Azhar University. She has worked as a teacher and educationist in both Egypt and Saudi Arabia....
- Aisha TaymurAisha TaymurAisha Taymur was a notable Egyptian social activist, as well as a poet and novelist. She was active in the field of women's rights- Early life :...
- May TelmissanyMay TelmissanyMay Telmissany is an Egyptian-Canadian author and academic. She was born in Cairo in 1965 and studied French literature at Ain Shams University. She worked for several years in the French Service of Radio Cairo and in the arts faculty at Menoufia University. She also lived for a time in Paris. In...
- Ahmad Khaled TowfeqAhmad Khaled TowfeqAhmed Khaled Tawfik Farraag is an Egyptian author, also known as Ahmed Khaled Tawfik. He is the first Arab writer to explore the Horror/Science Fiction genre and the first Arab writer to explore the Medical thriller genre.- Biography :...
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- Amina ZaydanAmina ZaydanAmina Zaydan is an Egyptian novelist and short story writer. She was born in 1966 in Suez and now lives in Cairo where she works as a civil servant.Zaydan is known for her strong stand on gender inequality in her writings...
- Youssef ZiedanYoussef ZiedanYoussef Ziedan is an Egyptian scholar who specializes in Arabic and Islamic studies. He works as director of the Manuscript Center and Museum affiliated to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina...