Sharif Malikah ( ar, شريف مليكة), an Egyptian poet, writer, and physician, was born in 1958. He lives in the United States. He published four poetry collections in colloquial Egyptian, three short stories collections, and seven novels.

Personal life

Sharif Maher Mikhael Malikah was born in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

in Egypt on 1 June 1958. He studies elementary school at Bab El Louk School and then move to Al-Zahir School to complete his preparatory and secondary education. After graduating from high school, he studied at Al-Qasr Al-Aini College at

Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...

and obtained a bachelor's degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1981. After graduating from university, he worked as a health inspector in Tora and was responsible for a campaign to vaccinate prisoners in the prison. After that, he worked as deputy gynecologist and obstetrician at Al Mabarah Hospital in

Maadi Maadi ( ar, المعادي / transliterated: ) is a leafy suburban district south of Cairo, Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile about upriver from downtown Cairo. The Nile at Maadi is parallelled by the Corniche, a waterfront promenade a ...

. In 1984, Malika immigrated to the United States to complete his medical studies and specialize in treating chronic pain. Years later, he worked as a physician at

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

. He obtained American citizenship in 1990 and has resided there for nearly thirty years.

Education and career

In 2000, Malikah wrote the first poems in colloquial Egyptian, but he did not publish them, as he used to write them only for himself and recite them to his family and friends. One day, he received a call from one of his friends informing him that the Egyptian playwrights

Alfred Farag Alfred Farag (14 June 1929 – 4 December 2005 ) was an Egyptian playwright. He was one of the eminent Egyptian playwrights of the post-1952 Revolution period. He obtained his BA in English Literature from the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria Un ...

wants to meet him and listen to his poems. Listening to his poems, Farah advised him to publish all of his poems. In 2003. Malika published his first poetry collection in colloquial Egyptian Arabic, under the title "Circles". He published later two poetry collections "Stories from the Book of Love" and "Name: Egyptian” respectively. In 2006. He published his first novel "Plastic Flowers" and then a succession of short stories, novels and poems. He has so far written four collections of poetry, three short stories collections, and seven novels.

Works

Poetry collections

* "Circles" (original title: Dwayer), 2003 * "Stories from the Love Book" (original title: Hawadet min Kitab Al Hub), 2005 * "Name: Egyptian" (original title: Al Ism: Masriya/0, 2005 * "A Cup of Coffee with Jaheen" (original title: Fijan Kahwa Maa Jaheen), 2010

Short stories collections

* "Immigrants" (original title: Muhajreen), 2005 * "Day 8" (original title: Al Yaoum Al Thameen), 2009 * "Life's Magic" (original title: Sihr Al Hayat), 2016

Novels

* "Plastic Flowers" (original title: Zuhur Blastic), 2006 * "Sulaiman's Ring" (original title: Khatem Sulaiman), 2008 * "The Rainbow's Dance" (original title: Raksat Kaws Kuzah), 2010 * "Angels Also Step Up to Third's Floor" (original title: Wa Al-Mal'eka Aidaan Tas'aad ila Al Tabiq Al Thalith), 2011 * "Mariam and the Men" (original title: Mariam wa al-Rijal), 2014 * "Searching for Candid" (original title: Al Bahth An Candid), 2018 * "Happiness Invitation" (original title: Dawaat Farah), 2019

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malikah, Sharif 1958 births Living people Writers from Alexandria Cairo University alumni Egyptian novelists 20th-century Egyptian poets 21st-century Egyptian poets