Mohamed Salah El Azab ( ar, محمد صلاح العزب; born 19 September 1981) is an

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writer and novelist.

Early life

He was born in

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. He has published several novels and short story collections, and has won multiple awards for his fiction. He has been described by

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newspaper as "one of Egypt's rising literary talents".

Career

His first novel ''A Long Cellar with a Low Ceiling Making You Crouch'' was published from

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

in 2003. This was followed in 2007 by his second novel ''Repeated Stopping'', published by Dar Merit. His third novel was ''The Italian's Bed'' and his fourth ''Sidi Barrani'', the latter published in 2010. He has also published a short story collection called ''Blue In a Sad Way'' (2003). El Azab has won several literary awards, including: * the Suad Al-Sabah Award for the Novel (Kuwait) * the Egyptian Higher Council for Culture award for the short story in 1999 and 2004 * the Egyptian Higher Council For Culture award for the novel for 2004 El Azab's work appeared in English translation in Banipal magazine in 2008. He was a participant in the inaugural

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in 2009. Also in 2009-10, he was selected as one of the

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. He participated in the

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Hay Festival in April 2010. Jadaliyya magazine published a long interview with El Azab in 2011.

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Egyptian novelists Egyptian male short story writers Egyptian short story writers Writers from Cairo 1981 births Living people {{Egypt-writer-stub

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