Nura Amin
Nora Amin (Egyptian Arabic: نورا امين; born 4 July 1970) is an Egyptian novelist, short story writer, and translator.
A native of Cairo, Amin received her bachelor's degree in French from Cairo University in 1992, and has since worked as a teaching assistant at the Academy of Arts, in the Center for Languages and Translation. She has published a number of translations into Arabic from English and French. As a writer, she received the short-story prize from the General Authority for Culture Palaces in 1996; three years later she won the prize for the best novel by a writer under the age of forty which was offered by the Andalusiya Foundation for Culture and Arts.[1] Amin has also been active as a film, theater, and literary critic for Al Ahali and for al-Hilal.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Radwa Ashour; Ferial Ghazoul; Hasna Reda-Mekdashi (1 November 2008). Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-1-61797-554-7.
- ^ "Nura Amin - Arab Women Writers". www.arabwomenwriters.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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