Radwa Fadel El Aswad (Arabic: رضوى فاضل الأسود), born 1974, is an

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writer, novelist, and critic.

Early life and education

Radwa Fadel El Aswad, ( ar, رضوى فاضل الأسود), was born in Egypt in the Zeitoun neighborhood of

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 ...

, on January 20, 1974, the eldest daughter of the critic, researcher, and scriptwriter Fadel El Aswad. graduated from the ''Notre Dame Des Apôtres'' ( ar, مدرسة راهبات نوتردام ديزابوتر للبنات) the French nun school, then obtained a Bachelor of Arts, French Department, from

Ain Shams University Ain Shams University ( ar, جامعة عين شمس) is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels. History Ain Shams University was fou ...

in 1996.

Career

She is an independent art and literary critic ، has published several articles about award-winning novels and books in Egyptian and Arabic newspapers and magazines.

Notable work

''Bi-al-ams kuntu mayyitan : ḥikāyah ʻan al-Arman wa-al-Kurd'' , Novel ( ar, بالأمس كنت ميتا - حكاية عن الأرمن والكرد) Published in 2020, by the

Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House The Egyptian-Lebanese House ( ar, الدار المصرية اللبنانية) is an Egyptian publishing house that was established in 1985 AD.

, is a story about the

Armenian Genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was ...

, as well as

History of the Kurds The Kurds , also the Kurdish people , are an Iranian ethnic group in the Middle East. They have historically inhabited the mountainous areas to the south of Lake Van and Lake Urmia, a geographical area collectively referred to as Kurdistan. ...

. The novel shows that politics corrupts the lives of peoples and religions, nominated for the

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She is the author of two books and Six novels, one of which have been Featured in the ‘’Housaper’’ , the arevelk.am( hy, Յուսաբեր, ) is an Arabic daily newspaper, published in

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, The novel known for its historical story that summarized the Armenian Genocide, as well as Kurdish history.

Works

# ''Hafl al-miʼawīyah'' , Novel ( ar, حفل المئوية)، Bait El-yasmin for publishing, 2010 # ''Tashābuk'' , Novel ( ar, تشابك)، Dar alKitab al arabi for publishing, 2013 # ''Kullu Hādhā Al-ṣakhkhab'' , Novel ( ar, كل هذا الصخب)، Maqam for publishing, 2015 # ''Adyān wa-ṭawāʼif majhūlah : jawhar ghāʼib wa-mafāhīm maghlūṭah'' , Book ( ar, أديان وطوائف مجهولة - جوهر غائب ومفاهيم مغلوطة)، Battana for publishing, 2018 # ''Zijzāj'' , Novel ( ar, زجزاج)، Nahdet misr for publishing, 2018 # ''Bi-al-ams kuntu mayyitan : ḥikāyah ʻan al-Arman wa-al-Kurd'' , Novel ( ar, بالأمس كنت ميتا - حكاية عن الأرمن والكرد)،

Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House The Egyptian-Lebanese House ( ar, الدار المصرية اللبنانية) is an Egyptian publishing house that was established in 1985 AD.

, 2020 # ''Sayyid Quṭb : riḥlah bayna ḍifāf usṭūrat al-tanāquḍāt'' , Book ( ar, سيد قطب - رحلة بين ضفاف أسطورة التناقضات)، Sama for publishing, 2022 # ''Khedāā Wāhed Momken'' , Novel ( ar, خداع واحد ممكن )،

Dar Shorouq Dar Shorouq () is an Arabic publishing house based in Beirut and Cairo. It publishes books in politics, biographies, memoirs, history, philosophy, social sciences, religion, nationalist thought, and art as well as children's books. History Mu ...

, 2022

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