Mohammad Rabie (born 1978) is an
Egyptian
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writer. He studied civil engineering in
Higher Technological Institute
Higher Technological Institute is the first private technological institute in Egypt. It is a co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university located in 10th of Ramadan City. It is considered one of the top engineering institutions ...
. His novel ''
Kawkab Anbar
''Amber Planet or Kawkab Anbar (كوكب عنبر) is a book by author Mohamed Rabie Kotb Aboelsebah. An Arabic novel, From Yousef Rakha, writing about Aboelsebah's book: “Kawkab ‘Anbar is the story of the eponymous, little known library (na ...
'' (2010) won 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 sc ...
in 2011. He has since published two more novels: ''Year of the Dragon'' (2012) and ''Otared'' (2014). Otared was nominated for the
International Prize for Arabic Fiction
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 ...
in 2016.
Rabie was also a participant at the 2012
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Nadwa
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction Nadwa is an annual writers' workshop for young writers from the Arab world. Held under the aegis of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (itself funded by the Emirates Foundation in Abu Dhabi), the ...
, an annual workshop for promising young Arab writers.
References
1978 births
Living people
Egyptian novelists
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