Books By Adel Kamel - Author

Adel Kamel (1916-2005) was an Egyptian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. He was a founding member of the informal "harafish" writers' collective that included such eminent writers as Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz and Salah Jahin. He was considered to be at the vanguard of his generation, leading the push toward realism in Arabic literature, and many critics recognize the importance of his legacy as a radical writer.

Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. His nearly forty novels and hundreds of short stories range from re-imaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. In 1988, he was the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in August 2006.

Waleed Almusharaf is a translator, writer, and academic, with a PhD from SOAS, University of London. He currently lives in California.