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Salwa Bakr
Salwa Bakr (born 1949) is an Egyptian critic, novelist and author. Profile of the Egyptian Writer Salwa Bakr She was born in the Matariyya district in Cairo in 1949. Her father was a railway worker. She studied business at Ain Shams University, gaining a BA degree in 1972. She went on to earn another BA in literary criticism in 1976, before embarking on a career in journalism. She worked as a film and theatre critic for various Arabic newspapers and magazines. Bakr lived in Cyprus for a few years with her husband before returning to Egypt in the mid-1980s. Bakr's father died early, leaving her mother a poor widow. Her work often deals with the lives of the impoverished and the marginalized. In his collection of short stories by Arab writers, the Serbian literary critic Srpko Leštarić wrote: "''Part of Salwa Bakr’s popularity lies in her being a counterforce to the conservative voices which challenge her work because they feel threatened by it."'' In particular, many of her s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Salwa, an Arabic name meaning "solace", may refer to: People *Princess Salwa Aga Khan (born 1988), American model, wife of Prince Rahim Aga Khan *Sally ("Salwa") Shatila Kader, Lebanese-American peace activist *Salwa Abdullah (born 1953), Syrian politician *Salwa El-Awa, British academic *Salwa al-Jassar, Kuwaiti politician *Salwa Al Katrib (1953–2009), Lebanese singer *Salwa Al Neimi, Syrian writer and feminist *Salwa Bakr (born 1949), Egyptian author and critic *Salwa Bughaighis (1964–2014), Libyan human rights and political activist *Salwa Eid Naser (born 1998), Bahraini track sprinter *Salwa El-Deghali, Libyan academic *Salwa Toko (born 1975), French diversity and digital literacy activist *Salwa Zeidan, Lebanese artist Places *Salwa, Kuwait, an area in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait *Salwa Kingdom, an ancient Indian kingdom in the ''Mahabharata'' *Salwa, Saudi Arabia, a settlement at the southwest corner of the Gulf of Salwah, endpoint of the Transportation in Doha#Salwa H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
