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Amina Zaydan
Professions: Creative Writer

PERSONAL INFORMATION


Writer

Amina Zaydan

CONTACT INFORMATION / PRIVATE


amina_zaydan@yahoo.com

Education


C.P.A., 2008.

languages


Arabic

English

COMPETENCES


Creative Writing

WORK HISTORY


Reader, Egyptian Ministry of Culture.

Honorary office and memberships


Member, Cultural Exchange Delegation to Norway.

Productions and Works


Shahwat As-samt [Desire of Silence] (novel). Cairo: Nahddet Misr, 2010.

Nabeeth Ahmar [Red Wine] (novel). Cairo: Al-Helal Press, 2007.

Hakatha Ya'bathon [Fooling Around n' Stuff Like That] (novel). Cairo: Al-Helal Press, 2003.

AWARDS


Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, for her novel Nabeeth Ahmar [Red Wine].

Best Short Story award for her story "Hadatha Serran" [It Happened Secretly].