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

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 (1983). Distant Train, translated by Hosam M. Aboul-Ela (2007)
• بيت الياسمين (1987). The House of Jasmine, trans. Noha Radwan (2012)
• البلدة الأخرى (1991). The Other Place, trans. Farouk Abdel Wahab (1997)
• لا أحد ينام في الإسكندرية (1996). No One Sleeps in Alexandria, trans. Farouk Abdel Wahab (2004)
• طيور العنبر (2000). Birds of Amber, trans. Farouk Abdel Wahab (2005)
• في كل أسبوع يوم جمعة (2009). Every Week Has a Friday
• الإسكندرية في غيمة (2012). Clouds Over Alexandria, trans. Kay Heikkinen (2019)

Awards and honors

• 1996 Naguib Mahfouz Medal, inaugural winner for The Other Place
• 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

See also

• Rasha Adly
• Radwa El Aswad
• Ahmed Mourad

References

1. "Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature – Contributors – Ibrahim Abdel Meguid". www.banipal.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
2. "CIBF: Ibrahim Abdel Meguid Talks about Writing, Pandemic Literature - Sada El balad". 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
3. Gikandi, Simon (2003). Encyclopedia of African Literature. Taylor & Francis. pp. 2–3. ISBN 978-1-134-58223-5. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
4. "The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature". The American University in Cairo Press. Archived from the original on March 20, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
5. Mlynxqualey (May 21, 2015). "Qatar's New $650K Arabic Novel Prize Gets Relatively Quiet Launch". Arabic Literature (in English). Retrieved June 5, 2015.

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

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