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Miral al-Tahawy

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June 20, 1968

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Miral al-Tahawy (Arabic: ميرال الطحاوي) is an Egyptian writer of short stories and novels.
Until she left for Cairo at the age of 26, al-Tahawy had never left her village (Geziret Saoud in the eastern Nile delta) without a male relative or guardian. She managed to avoid marriage by working as a teacher, and then by leaving without permission to study at the University of Cairo.
Born in 1968 into the Bedouin al-Hanadi tribe, she credits her liberal-minded father with the fact that both she and her older sister (who is a pharmacist) obtained an education, although they lived in traditional seclusion.
Her experience of coming to the city for the first time and gaining her freedom inspired her to write. In 1995, she published a collection of sho ...more

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	بروكلين هايتس by ميرال الطحاوي (Goodreads Author), Miral al-Tahawy 2.97 avg rating — 1,397 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الباذنجانة الزرقاء by Miral al-Tahawy, ميرال الطحاوي (Goodreads Author) 2.79 avg rating — 375 ratings — published 1998 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الخباء by Miral al-Tahawy, ميرال الطحاوي (Goodreads Author) 3.39 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 1995 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	نقرات الظباء by Miral al-Tahawy, ميرال الطحاوي (Goodreads Author) 3.40 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ريم البرارى المستحيلة by Miral al-Tahawy, ميرال الطحاوي (Goodreads Author) 2.61 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	امرأة الأرق by Miral al-Tahawy, ميرال الطحاوي (Goodreads Author) 3.24 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	NOUVELLES D'ÉGYPTE: RÉCITS DE VOYAGE by Ahmed Aabokhnegar, Yahya Moukhtar, Miral al-Tahawy liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sosyal Ankara: Ankara sosyal kuruluşlar kılavuzu 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“أحب الروايات المعقدة التي تثبت لي أن الحياة أرق دائم، و إن كان الكاتب ليس مريضا نفسيا بالضرورة، لكنه بالتأكيد مؤرق بالوجع و الاكتمال”
― Miral al-Tahawy, امرأة الأرق

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