Afaf El Sayyed
Who Is She
Personal information
Novelist, Activist, and Lecturer
Afaf El Sayyed
Contact information / Private
Languages
- Arabic
- English
Contact information / Work
Heya
Cairo
Egypt
Education
Competences
- Gender Issues
- Fiction Writing
- Creative Writing
- Creative Writing for Children
- Children's Rights
Work history
Jobs:
- Chairperson of the Board, Heya Foundation for Women, 2005- Present.
- Lecturer in Arabic Literature in the French Cultural Centre, 2002- Present.
- Journalist and Columnist, 1993- Present.
- Director & Supervisor, Women Writers' Forum.
Honorary office and memberships:
- Vice-Chairperson of the Board, Treasurer, and President of the Registration Committee, International Pen Egypt
- Member, Media and Bulletin Editorial Committee, Egyptian Writers' Union
- Member, Cairo Atelier
- Member, Story Club
Productions and works:
- Shurout al-Mahaba (the conditions of love), Cairo: Dar Mirit, 2008
- Bab al-Khusara (The door of forefeiture), Cairo: Dar Mirit, 2003
- Al-Siqan Ar-Rafi'a al-Kadhiba (The long lying legs), Cairo: Hay'at al-Kitab, 1998
- Saradib (Cellars), Cairo: Markaz al-Hadara al-'Arabiyya, 1998
- Provat (Rehearsals), Ebdaat Adabiya, 1998
- Saadat Saghira (Small Happiness), Dar Qeba', 1995
- Qadr men El-'Eshq (Some Love), Cairo: Haia't El-Kitab, 1994
