Shirin Ebadi (Persian: شیرین عبادی) is an Iranian lawyer, writer, educator, former judge, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize whose work has shaped global discussions on human rights, particularly …
Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author whose novels, stories, essays and poems made her one of the most widely read writers in Canadian literary history. Publishing under the name L. M. Montgomery…
Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster) was an American writer and author of many books including Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy. Her most well-known books feature lively and likeable…
Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic: نوال السعداوي) was born in 1931, in a small village outside Cairo. Unusually, she and her brothers and sisters were educated together, and she graduated from the University o…
Not much is known about Waguih Ghali. Ghali was born and raised in Cairo. His exact birth date is not known, but it is guessed he was born in the 1930’s to a upper class Coptic family in Egypt. Ghali’…
Iman Mersal is the author of four books of poems in Arabic: Ittisafat (Characterisations), 1990; Mamarr Mu‘tim Yasluh li Ta‘allum al-Raqs (A Dark Alley Suitable for Dance Lessons), 1995; al-Mashy Atwa…
Héctor Joaquín Abad Faciolince was born on 1 October 1958 in Medellín, Colombia Colombian novelist, essayist, journalist, and editor. Abad is considered one of the most talented "post-boom" writers in…
Mohamed Mansi Qandil (Arabic: محمد المنسي قنديل) was born in al-Mahalla al-Kubra, Egypt in 1946. His first novel Breaking of the Spirit, was inspired by events surrounding workers' unrest in the city.…
Reem Bassiouney (Arabic: ريم بسيوني), is a renowned Egyptian author and Professor of Applied Linguistics at the American University in Cairo. The first Egyptian woman to earn a PhD in Linguistics from…
Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (Arabic: إبراهيم عبد المجيد) is an Egyptian novelist and author. His best-known works form the "Alexandria Trilogy": No One Sleeps in Alexandria, Birds of Amber, and Clouds Over A…
Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic author profile: نجيب محفوظ) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He published over 50 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie scripts, and…
شريف أسعد من مواليد القاهرة 1976، حاصل على بكالوريوس التجارة من جامعة القاهرة عام 1998 - دور نوفمبر "ناجح بالعافية"، مؤسس التيار الكوميدي ويشغل منصب مدير إدارة التخطيط والمتابعة بإحدى شركات المشروعات …
محمد سمير ندا، مصريّ الجنسية، ولد في مدينة بغداد عام ١٩٧٨، وقضى سنوات الطفولة الأولى في بلاد الرافدين، لتتشكّل طفولته على إيقاعات الحرب العراقيّة الإيرانيّة. عادت أسرته لتستقرّ في مصر في القت…
Toshikazu Kawaguchi (in Japanese: 川口 俊 和) was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971. He formerly produced, directed and wrote for the theatrical group Sonic Snail. As a playwright, his works include COUPLE, S…
Khaled Mansour is an independent writer and consultant on issues of human rights, humanitarian aid, and development. He served for thirteen years in the United Nations including for Unicef, peacekeepi…
is an Egyptian author, judge and legal scholar. He worked in the public prosecutor's office for many years and served as a judge in the Egyptian court of appea…
ريكاردو (عمر) فريد مانكوزو، من مواليد القاهرة سنة ١٩٧٨ لأم إيطالية من ميلانو وأب مصري تعود أصوله إلى مدينة سوهاج. قضى طفولته وشبابه في مصر، ثم انتقل في سنة ٢٠٠١ إلى الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية لإتمام د…
