Iman Yehia (born 1954) is an Egyptian physician and writer. He was trained as a surgeon in the

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

and now teaches medicine at

Suez Canal University The Suez Canal University is an Egyptian public university serving the Suez Canal region. Its faculties are located in the three governorates of the Suez Canal Region (Port Said, Ismailia & Suez). It was established in 1974. It is well-known for ...

. His debut novel ''Writing with the Scalpel'' appeared in 2013. His second novel ''The Mexican Wife'' (2018) was nominated for the

Arabic Booker Prize The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) ( ar, الجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية) is the most prestigious and important literary prize in the Arab world. Its aim is to reward excellence in contemporary Arabic ...

. He has won the “Sewaris prize” first place for it. He has also translated several works from Russian into Arabic.Bio
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21st-century Egyptian writers 1954 births Living people Academic staff of Suez Canal University Egyptian male writers 20th-century Egyptian physicians 21st-century Egyptian physicians {{Egypt-writer-stub