Abderrahim Khassar (born 1975) is a Moroccan poet. [1] He was born in the town of Safi on the Atlantic coast. Although of Amazigh origin, he writes primary in the Arabic language. He published his first book of poetry (At last winter came) in 2004. As of 2018, he has published half a dozen volumes. In 2010, he was chosen as one of the Beirut39, a selection of the best young writers in the Arab world, the 39 best Arab writers below the age of 40. [2] [3]
Mohammad Ahmad Mohammad Al Murr Al Falasi is a short-story writer from the United Arab Emirates.
Sudanese literature are both oral as well as written works of fiction and nonfiction that were created during the cultural history of today's Republic of the Sudan. This includes the territory of what was once Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, the independent country's history since 1956 as well as its changing geographical scope in the 21st century.
Khaled Mattawa is a Libyan poet, and a renowned Arab-American writer, he is also a leading literary translator, focusing on translating Arabic poetry into English. He works as an Assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, where he currently lives and writes.
Yasser Abdel Hafez, is an Egyptian novelist and journalist. He was born in Cairo and studied law at Ain Shams University. He has worked as a journalist for the Arabic-language literary journal Akhbar al-Adab for more than 20 years. Abdel Hafez's most notable work is his novel On the Occasion of Life, published in 2005. Excerpts from this novel have been translated into English and were published in Banipal magazine in 2006, in an issue devoted to new writing in Egypt. He has recently finished his last novel " كتاب الامان" "book of safety" which was published in 2013, the novel isn't translated to English yet but will be soon. He is married to the writer and novelist Mansoura Ez Eldin.
Wajdi al-Ahdal is a Yemeni novelist, short story writer and playwright. Laureate of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) in 2008, is known for his contemporary literary style and sometimes socially critical works, some of which have been censored in Yemen. Until 2019, he has published five novels, four collections of short stories, a play and a film screenplay.
Ali al-Muqri is a Yemeni novelist and writer. The author's work has been published in Banipal magazine. Two of his recent novels Black Taste, Black Odour and The Handsome Jew have been long listed for the Arab Booker Prize. He has also been awarded the French Prize for Arabic Literature over the novel entitled, Ḥurma, translated into French by Khaled Osman and Ola Mehanna.
Beirut39 is a collaborative project between the Hay Festival, Beirut UNESCO's World Book Capital 2009 celebrations, Banipal magazine and the British Council among others in order to identify 39 of the most promising Arab writers under the age of 39. The project was carried out during 2009-10 and followed on the success of Bogotá39, an earlier contest held in 2007 to identify the most promising young Latin American writers. In connection with Port Harcourt being World Book Capital 2014, Africa39 was launched by Hay Festival, featuring 39 writers under the age of 40 from sub-Saharan Africa.
Nadia Al-Kokabany is a Yemeni novelist, short story writer and academic. She was born in Taiz and studied architecture at Sanaa University. She completed a PhD in architecture at Cairo University in 2008, before returning to take up an academic position at Sanaa University.
Yahya Taher Abdullah was an Egyptian writer.
Sahar Tawfiq is an Egyptian novelist, short story writer and translator. Born and raised in Cairo, she studied Arabic language and literature at Al-Azhar University. She has worked as a teacher and educationist in both Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed Salah El Azab is an Egyptian writer and novelist.
Mohammed Hasan Alwan is a Saudi Arabian novelist. He was born in Riyadh and studied Computer Information Systems at King Saud University, obtaining a bachelor's degree in 2002. He also obtained an MBA from the University of Portland, Oregon in 2008 and Ph.D from Carleton University, Ottawa in 2016.
Rania Ali Musa Mamoun is a Sudanese journalist and fiction writer, known for her novels and short stories. She was born in the city of Wad Medani in east-central Sudan, and was educated at the University of Gezira.
Mohamed Mustagab (1938–2006) was an Egyptian novelist and short story writer.
Farouk Yousif is an Arabic art critic and poet. He currently resides in London and is a writer for Al-Arab.
Hammour Ziada is a Sudanese writer and journalist, born in Omdurman. He has worked as a civil society and human rights researcher, and currently works as journalist in Cairo. Also, he has been writing for a number of left-wing newspapers in Sudan and served as the culture editor of the Sudanese Al-Akhbar newspaper.
Youssef Rakha is an Egyptian writer. His work explores language and identity in the context of Cairo, and reflects connections with the Arab-Islamic canon and world literature. He has worked in many genres in both Arabic and English, and is known for his essays and poems as well as his novels.
Najwa Binshatwan is a Libyan academic and author. She was one of 39 Arabic language writers under the age of 40 selected for the anthology Beirut39 in 2009. Her novel Zareeb Al-Abeed was shortlisted for the 2017 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Samir Ayadi, (1947-2008) was a Tunisian playwright.
Hamed al-Nazir, also spelled Hamed el-Nazir, is a Sudanese journalist and novelist. He has worked for Qatar Television and in Sudan for the Shorouk and Blue Nile TV channels, Sudanese radio, and MBC TV. He has published three acclaimed novels in Arabic. An excerpt in English translation of his novel The Waterman's Prophecy was included in Banipal magazine's spring issue on Sudanese Literature Today in 2016.