Literature Presentation
2012 Caravan Festival of the Arts
A talk and book-signing with Ahdaf Soueif
On May 2, 2012, Ahdaf Soueif (the best-selling
author of numerous novels and non-fiction books,
including The Map of Love which was shortlisted
for the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1999, and a
political and cultural commentator) gave a reading of
her most recent book, titled Cairo: My City, Our
Revolution: her memoir of the 2011 Egyptian
Revolution. Her reading was followed by a book-signing.
Ms. Ahdad Soueif lives with her children in Cairo and
London. More information about her and her work can be
found on her website:
www.ahdafsoueif.com
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Adhaf
Soueif speaking to a packed audience at
St. John's Church |
Ahdaf
Soueif reading from her recent book |
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Adhaf
Soueif answering questions |
Author
Ahdaf Soueif signing her new book |
PUBLICATIONS:
2012: Cairo: My City, Our Revolution (a personal
account of the Egyptian Revolution) Bloomsbury: London
2011: Reflections on Islamic Art (Editor),
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing: Doha
2007: I Think of You, (stories from "Aisha" and
"Sandpiper"), Bloomsbury: London
2004: Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground,
(Essays), Bloomsbury: London
1999: The Map of Love, (a novel), Bloomsbury,
London
1996: Zinat al-Hayh wa Qisas Ukhra, (short
stories), Dar al-Hilal, Cairo
1996: Sandpiper, (short stories), Bloomsbury:
London
1992: In the Eye of the Sun, (a novel),
Bloomsbury: London
1983: Aisha, (short stories), Jonathan Cape:
London (reissued by Bloomsbury in 2000)
JOURNALISM and MEDIA:
Ahdaf Soueif writes in both English and Arabic and has
written various essays and reviews published in:
Akhbar al-Adab, al-Arabi, Cosmopolitan, Granta, al-Hilal,
al-Katibah, The London Magazine, The London Review of
Books, New Society, Nisf al-Dunya, The Observer, Sabah
al-Kheir, The Sunday Telegraph, Times Literary
Supplement, Washington Post and others.. She has
made many programmes for Arab, American and British TV
and Radio Stations.
EDUCATION:
PhD Linguistics, University of Lancaster, 1978
MA English Literature, The American University in Cairo,
1973
BA English Literature, Cairo University, 1971.
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