Safa Abdel Moneim | |
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Born | 27 December 1960
Cairo, Egypt |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Education | B.A. in Education |
Alma mater | Ain Shams University |
Occupation(s) | Writer, novelist, storyteller, researcher |
Years active | 1983– present |
Safa Abdel Moneim ( Arabic: صفاء عبد المنعم, romanized: Ṣafāʾ ʿAbd al-Munʿim; born 27 December 1960) is an Egyptian writer, novelist, educator and a researcher in folk literature. She is born in 1960. She has published nine short story collections and twelve novels. Among her most prominent works are Within the Spirit's Beauty ( Egyptian Arabic: من حلاوة الروح, romanized: Min Ḥalāwit il-Rōḥ), a novel written in colloquial Egyptian Arabic which has been translated to English and Italian, and the short-story collection At Night When He Left ( Arabic: في الليل لما خلى, romanized: Fī al-Layl Lammā Khallá). [1] She also has several studies published in various newspapers and magazines. Her most recent published novel is My Granny Apple. [2]
Safa Abdel Moneim Mahmoud Zayed was born on 27 December 1960 in Cairo. She graduated in 1986 from Al Helmeya High School after which she earned a B.A. in education from Ain-Shams University. [2]
Safa Abdel Moneim's literary career began by reading her short stories in a youth centre in Shubra Al Kheima until publishing her very first short story in the Qalyoubia newspapers. she was awarded in a national short story competition for youth centres in 1983. Her first short story collection 'Hikayat Al'lail' was published in 1984, in which five stories were published in a joint-collection and discussed in several seminars in cultural and youth centers. She lists Anton Chekhov's story 'The Death of a Government Clerk' and Yusuf Idris' 'A Glance' as her most significant literary influencers. Safa Adel Moneim started her cultural when she and her late husband, poet and writer, Magdi Al-Gabri held weekly symposiums to discuss and criticize works of literature and poetry. These symposiums lasted from 1990 until her in 1998. Safa Abdel Moniem has been working as a school principal since 2009. She documented her career as a school principal in her novel 'Journals of a School Principal' [3] Abdel Moneim holds several memberships in various cultural, literary and educational institutions and unions, as she is a member of the Writers Union of Egypt and Cairo Atelier. She is also a lecturer at the General Authority for Cultural Palaces, a member of the Egyptian Society for folk Literature and the International Pen Club.
Safa Abdel Moneim | |
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Born | 27 December 1960
Cairo, Egypt |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Education | B.A. in Education |
Alma mater | Ain Shams University |
Occupation(s) | Writer, novelist, storyteller, researcher |
Years active | 1983– present |
Safa Abdel Moneim ( Arabic: صفاء عبد المنعم, romanized: Ṣafāʾ ʿAbd al-Munʿim; born 27 December 1960) is an Egyptian writer, novelist, educator and a researcher in folk literature. She is born in 1960. She has published nine short story collections and twelve novels. Among her most prominent works are Within the Spirit's Beauty ( Egyptian Arabic: من حلاوة الروح, romanized: Min Ḥalāwit il-Rōḥ), a novel written in colloquial Egyptian Arabic which has been translated to English and Italian, and the short-story collection At Night When He Left ( Arabic: في الليل لما خلى, romanized: Fī al-Layl Lammā Khallá). [1] She also has several studies published in various newspapers and magazines. Her most recent published novel is My Granny Apple. [2]
Safa Abdel Moneim Mahmoud Zayed was born on 27 December 1960 in Cairo. She graduated in 1986 from Al Helmeya High School after which she earned a B.A. in education from Ain-Shams University. [2]
Safa Abdel Moneim's literary career began by reading her short stories in a youth centre in Shubra Al Kheima until publishing her very first short story in the Qalyoubia newspapers. she was awarded in a national short story competition for youth centres in 1983. Her first short story collection 'Hikayat Al'lail' was published in 1984, in which five stories were published in a joint-collection and discussed in several seminars in cultural and youth centers. She lists Anton Chekhov's story 'The Death of a Government Clerk' and Yusuf Idris' 'A Glance' as her most significant literary influencers. Safa Adel Moneim started her cultural when she and her late husband, poet and writer, Magdi Al-Gabri held weekly symposiums to discuss and criticize works of literature and poetry. These symposiums lasted from 1990 until her in 1998. Safa Abdel Moniem has been working as a school principal since 2009. She documented her career as a school principal in her novel 'Journals of a School Principal' [3] Abdel Moneim holds several memberships in various cultural, literary and educational institutions and unions, as she is a member of the Writers Union of Egypt and Cairo Atelier. She is also a lecturer at the General Authority for Cultural Palaces, a member of the Egyptian Society for folk Literature and the International Pen Club.