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Ibrahim Abdelmeguid
Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (born 2 December 1946) 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 Alexandria''. These have been translated into English and French. Early life and education Meguid was born in Alexandria. He studied philosophy at Alexandria University. He obtained his BA in 1973 and moved to Cairo the following year. Works * المسافات 'Al-Masafât''(1983). ''Distant Train'', translated by Hosam M. Aboul-Ela (2007) *بيت الياسمين 'Bayt al-yasâmin''(1987). ''The House of Jasmine'', trans. Noha Radwan (2012) *البلدة الأخرى 'Al Balda al-ukhrâ''(1991). ''The Other Place'', trans. Farouk Abdel Wahab (1997) * لا أحد ينام في الإسكندرية 'La Ahad yanam fil Iskandariya''(1996). ''No One Sleeps in Alexandria'', trans. Farouk Abdel Wahab (2004) * طيور العنبر 'Toyour al-anbar''(2000). ''Birds of Amber'', tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria grew rapidly and became a major centre of Hellenic civilisation, eventually replacing Memphis, in present-day Greater Cairo, as Egypt's capital. During the Hellenistic period, it was home to the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which ranked among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, as well as the storied Library of Alexandria. Today, the library is reincarnated in the disc-shaped, ultramodern Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Its 15th-century seafront Qaitbay Citadel is now a museum. Called the "Bride of the Mediterranean" by locals, Alexandria is a popular tourist destination and an important industrial centre due to its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez. The city extends about along the northern coast of Egypt, and is the largest city on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandria University
Alexandria University ( ar, جامعة الإسكندرية) is a public university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fouad University (the name of which was later changed to Cairo University), becoming an independent entity in 1942. It was known as Farouk University until the 1952 when its name was changed to the University of Alexandria. Taha Hussein was the founding rector of Alexandria University. It is now the second largest university in Egypt and has many affiliations to various universities for ongoing research. Alexandria University is one of the largest universities in Egypt, and the third university established after Cairo University and the American University in Cairo. Alexandria University has 21 faculties and 3 institutes that teach different types of social, medical, engineering, mathematics and other science. The university had other branches in Egypt outside Alexandria in Damanhour and Matrouh which later became two independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.9 million, is the 12th-largest in the world by population. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, the city first developed as Fustat, a settlement founded after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640 next to an existing ancient Roman fortress, Babylon. Under the Fatimid dynasty a new city, ''al-Qāhirah'', was founded nearby in 969. It later superseded Fustat as the main urban centre during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (12th–16th centuries). Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farouk Abdel Wahab Mustafa
Farouk Abdel Wahab Mustafa (Arabic: عبد الوهاب، فاروق; – 3 April 2013), pen name Farouk Abdel Wahab, was an Egyptian academic and translator based in the USA. He was born in Tanta and studied at the University of Cairo. He received a BA degree in 1962 and an MA in English literature in 1969. Early life and education He pursued doctoral studies at the University of Minnesota, obtaining a PhD in comparative literature in 1977. He taught at the University of Chicago from 1975 until his death. He was the first occupant of the university's Ibn Rushd Professorial Lectureship in Modern Arabic Language, and was also the Associate Director of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Translations He was also a noted translator of contemporary Arabic literature. Among his translations are the following: * ''A Certain Woman'' by Hala el Badry * ''The Other Place'' by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid * ''No One Sleeps in Alexandria'' by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid * ''Birds of Amber' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naguib Mahfouz Medal
The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature is a literary award for Arabic literature.Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature , official website. It is given to the best contemporary novel written in , but not available in English translation. The winning book is then translated into English, and published by American University in Cairo Press. It was first awarded in 1996 and is presented annually on December 11, the birthday of Nobel laureate , by the President of the |
Sawiris Cultural Award
The Sawiris Cultural Award is an Egyptian literary prize, awarded annually by the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development. It was inaugurated in 2005 with prizes in two categories: novels and short stories. Since then, additional categories in screenplays and playwriting have been added. Each award is also divided into two sub-categories: senior writers and junior writers. Winners 2022 Novel * Abel Assad Merry, ''The Fabric threads of the Self'' * Mohamed Abu-Zeid, ''A Spider in the Heart'' Short Stories * Ossama Habachi, ''Try not to see me'' * Mohamed Abdel-Naby, ''Once Upon A Time'' 2011 (7th round) Novel * Ibrahim Abdel-Meguid, ''In Every Week There Is a Friday'', Senior Writers * Mohammed Rabie, ''Amber Planet'', Young Writers / First Place * Mohamed Salah al-Azab, ''Sidi Barani'', Young Writers / Second Place Short stories * Ahmed El-Khamissi, ''Canary'', Senior Writers * Tareq Imam, ''The Story of a Man: Whenever He Dreams of a City, He Dies In It'', Young Write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katara Prize For Arabic Novel
The Katara Prize for Arabic Novel is an Arabic literary prize based in Qatar. It was established in 2014 by the Katara Cultural Village. The total prize pool is $650,000 and the main prize $200,000, making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world. One of its sponsors is UNESCO. The winning novels will be translated into five languages - including French and English. The prize was originally split into two major categories: published and unpublished novels each of which had five winners. More recently, prizes were added for research/literary criticism and for young adult unpublished novels. For the published novels, the five winners originally received $60,000 while five winners under unpublished category were each awarded $30,000. Among the winners in each category, one was be chosen as the "drama" winner in which the winning works are guaranteed film adaptations. The drama winner in the published category received an additional $200,000. In addition to the original a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasha Adly
Rasha Adly (born 1976) (Arabic: رشا عدلي) is an Egyptian writer and art historian. She is the author of seven novels, two of which have been nominated for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Early life and education Adly was born in Cairo in 1972. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in history from Ain Shams University and a master's degree in art history from the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts. Career She is an independent lecturer in art history and Cairo correspondent for the Emirates Culture magazine. In addition, she has published numerous novels and academic studies. She primarily publishes in Arabic. Works Novelistic or fictional works * ''The Clamour of Silence'' (2010) * ''Life is Not Always Rosy'' (2013) * ''The Tattoo'' (2014) * ''Confused Women'' (2014) * ''The Shores of Departure'' (2016) * ''Passion'' (2017) * ''Girl with Braided Hair'' (2020) * ''The Last Days of the Pasha'' (2019) * ''The Night Train to Tel Aviv'' (2021) * ''You are shining .. you l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radwa El Aswad
Radwa Fadel El Aswad (Arabic: رضوى فاضل الأسود), born 1974, is an Egyptian writer, novelist, and critic. Early life and education Radwa Fadel El Aswad, ( ar, رضوى فاضل الأسود), was born in Egypt in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Cairo, on January 20, 1974, the eldest daughter of the critic, researcher, and scriptwriter Fadel El Aswad. graduated from the ''Notre Dame Des Apôtres'' ( ar, مدرسة راهبات نوتردام ديزابوتر للبنات) the French nun school, then obtained a Bachelor of Arts, French Department, from Ain Shams University in 1996. Career She is an independent art and literary critic ، has published several articles about award-winning novels and books in Egyptian and Arabic newspapers and magazines. Notable work ''Bi-al-ams kuntu mayyitan : ḥikāyah ʻan al-Arman wa-al-Kurd'' , Novel ( ar, بالأمس كنت ميتا - حكاية عن الأرمن والكرد) Published in 2020, by the Egyptian-Lebanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Mourad
Ahmed Mourad ( ar, أحمد مراد; born February 14, 1978) is an Egyptian author and screenwriter of fiction and non-fiction. Writings ''Vertigo'' Mourad's work came in the year of 2007, when he wrote his first novel, '' Virtego (Arabic: فيرتيجو)'', published in the same year by Dar Merit, A tense thriller that reveals contemporary Egypt and Cairo's seedy nightlife, It tells the story of a photographer in a high-class Cairo nightclub who witnesses his friend being murdered in a fight between rival young businessmen. The novel was translated into three languages by different publishing houses, in 2011. It was translated into English by Bloomsbury, Italian by Marsilio, and French by Groupe Flammarion. Then the novel was made into a TV show during the month of Ramadan of 2012 titled: ''Vertigo'' (Arabic: فيرتيجو) starring Hend Sabry. The novel won the Mediterranean award in 2013 from Italy. ''Diamond Dust'' Mourad published his second novel, ''Diamond Dust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Births
Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four Allied-occupied Austria, occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister of Albania, prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
