Henry Graham Greene was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a r…
Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger — the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of the YA graphic novel In Real Life, the nonfiction business book Informati…
Hisham Matar was born in New York City, where his father was working for the Libyan delegation to the United Nations. When he was three years old, his family went back to Tripoli, Libya, where he spen…
A specialist in the social and cultural history of nineteenth-century Egypt, Khaled Fahmy teaches modern Middle eastern and North African history at Tufts University.
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…
Lyndal Roper, FRHistS, FBA, is an Australian historian and academic. She was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford in 2011. She is a fellow of Oriel College, an hono…
I grew up in Saudi Arabia and Vermont, attended Hampshire College, was a Peace Corps volunteer, and have always been an only child. I'll never be a real uncle, but I'll be a pretend to be one to my fr…
كاتب وصحفى ومؤرخ ولد فى 4 اكتوبر عام 1939 فى قرية " بشلا " بمحافظة الدقهلية حصل على بكالوريوس فى الخدمة الاجتماعية عام 1961 ورأس لمدة خمس سنوات عددا من الوحدات الاجتماعية بالريف المصرى بدأ حياته كاتبا…
لويس عوض 1915 - 1990 مفكر ومؤلف مصري ولد في المنيا عام 1915. نال ليسانس الآداب، قسم الإنجليزية بتقدير ممتاز مع مرتبة الشرف عام 1937. وحصل على ماجستير في الأدب الإنجليزي من جامعة كامردج سنة 1943 ودكتور…
Born to non-farmers in a California farming community, Mac Barnett now lives near San Francisco. He's on the board of directors of 826LA, a nonprofit writing center for students in Los Angeles, and he…
Sam Kean is the New York Times-bestselling author of seven books. He spent years collecting mercury from broken thermometers as a kid, and now lives in Washington, D.C. His stories have appeared in Th…
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…
صحفى وناقد مصري، مواليد 1974، درس الأدب الإنجليزى. ويعمل مديرا لتحرير جريدة اخبار الأدب، كما رأس تحرير مجلة عالم الكتاب. حصل على العديد من الجوائز من بينها جائزة دبى للصحافة، وجائزة نقابة الصحفيين فى …
Sir Thomas Wentworth Russell, better known as Russell Pasha, was a police officer in the Egyptian service. He was the fourth child and third son of the Rev. Henry Charles Russell, the grandson of the …
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…
