Ibrahim Abdel Meguid Explained

Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (born 2 December 1946) is an Egyptian novelist and author.^[1] His best-known works form the "Alexandria Trilogy": No One Sleeps in Alexandria, Birds of Amber, and Clouds Over Alexandria.^[2] These have been translated into English and French.^[3]

Early life and education

Meguid was born in Alexandria. He studied philosophy at Alexandria University. He obtained his BA in 1973 and moved to Cairo the following year.

Works

• المسافات [''Al-Masafât''] (1983). Distant Train, translated by Hosam M. Aboul-Ela (2007)
• بيت الياسمين [''Bayt al-yasâmin''] (1987). The House of Jasmine, trans. Noha Radwan (2012)
• البلدة الأخرى [''Al Balda al-ukhrâ''] (1991). The Other Place, trans. Farouk Abdel Wahab (1997)
• لا أحد ينام في الإسكندرية [''La Ahad yanam fil Iskandariya''] (1996). No One Sleeps in Alexandria, trans. Farouk Abdel Wahab (2004)
• طيور العنبر [''Toyour al-anbar''] (2000). Birds of Amber, trans. Farouk Abdel Wahab (2005)
• في كل أسبوع يوم جمعة [''Fi koulli ousbou yawmou joumoua''] (2009). Every Week Has a Friday
• الإسكندرية في غيمة [''Iskandriya fi ghayma''] (2012). Clouds Over Alexandria, trans. Kay Heikkinen (2019)

Awards and honors

• 1996 Naguib Mahfouz Medal, inaugural winner for The Other Place^[4]
• 1996 Cairo International Book Fair, novel of the year, for No One Sleeps in Alexandria
• 2011 Sawiris Cultural Award, for Every Week Has a Friday
• 2015 Katara Prize for Arabic Novel, inaugural co-winner for Adagio^[5]

See also

• Rasha Adly
• Radwa El Aswad
• Ahmed Mourad

External links

• Article by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid in Al-Ahram on the Egyptian revolution
• Article by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid in Al-Ahram on the cinema halls of Alexandria

Notes and References

1. Web site: Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature – Contributors – Ibrahim Abdel Meguid . www.banipal.co.uk . 2018-03-17.
2. Web site: 2021-07-13. CIBF: Ibrahim Abdel Meguid Talks about Writing, Pandemic Literature - Sada El balad. 2021-11-29. en-US.
3. Book: Gikandi, Simon . Simon Gikandi

   . Simon Gikandi . Encyclopedia of African Literature . Taylor & Francis . 2003 . 978-1-134-58223-5 . 1 October 2018 . 2–3.

4. Web site: The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature . The American University in Cairo Press . May 5, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070320042516/http://www.aucpress.com/t-nmmdescription.aspx?template=template_naguibmahfouz . March 20, 2007 . dead .
5. Web site: Qatar’s New $650K Arabic Novel Prize Gets Relatively Quiet Launch . Arabic Literature (in English) . Mlynxqualey . May 21, 2015 . June 5, 2015.