Donia Maher (; born 14 November 1979) is an Egyptian actress, writer and artist. She was born in

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 metro ...

. After studying acting, she appeared in several theatre and film productions, culminating with her breakthrough role in

Hala Lotfy Hala Lotfy (born 1973) is an Egyptian film director and producer. She graduated from the Cairo Film Institute in 1999. She is best known for her debut feature film ''Al Khorug lel Nahar'' (''Coming Forth By Day'', 2012) which starred Donia Mahe ...

's film '' Al Khorug lel Nahar'' (2012) which was screened in film festivals around the world. She was also praised for her role in the TV series '' Segn El Nesa'' (''Women’s Prison''). More recently, Maher has gained renown for her graphic novel '' The Apartment in Bab El-Louk'', created in collaboration with the illustrators

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and Ahmad Nady. The English translation by

Elisabeth Jaquette Elisabeth Jaquette is an American translator of contemporary Arabic literature. Her work has been shortlisted for the National Book Award and TA First Translation Prize, and supported by the Jan Michalski Foundation, the PEN/Heim Translation Fund, ...

was nominated for the Banipal Prize. Donia Maher lives in Cairo.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maher, Donia Egyptian film actresses Egyptian writers 1979 births Living people Egyptian stage actresses Actresses from Cairo Date of birth missing (living people) Egyptian women writers