Malkat al-Dar Mohamed Abdullah, also spelled as Malikah ad-Dar, was a Sudanese literary writer, educator and women's rights activist. Her novel written in the 1950s, "Al-Faragh al-'arid", has been characterized as the first Sudanese novel in the style of social realism. Sudanese literary critic Lemya Shammat called her "a pioneer of the literary feminist renaissance and a woman of spirit and courage."
Raja'a Alem is a Saudi Arabian novelist from Mecca/Hejaz. She studied English Literature at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah in 1980. She began her writing career on the "Letters and Ideas" page in Al-Riyadh newspaper, as well as in the newspaper's weekly supplement. She is credited with documenting the Meccan/Hejazi environment in her novels. Her novels are distinguished by a symbolic Sufi/Gnostic narrative with broad cosmic visions. Some of her works have been translated into English and Spanish.
Hamed al-Nazir, also spelled Hamid el-Nazir, is a Sudanese journalist and novelist.
Ghamar Mahmoud, a Syrian writer and novelist, was born in 1980. He has published several novels and plays including Babel’s Mirror which was awarded the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel in the category of unpublished novel in 2017. Also, he is a screenwriter for short films including the children's film, Cannon’s Early Winds which took part in the International Festival of Carthage in 2012.
Ihab Husni is an Egyptian writer and lawyer. He has published numerous children's books, short stories collections and novels, including the novel The Last Lesson, which won the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel in 2019.
Samih Al Gabbas is an Egyptian physician and writer, born in 1974. He has many publications, including the novel "An Old Rope and a Tied Knot", which won the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel in the category of unpublished novels and in the Drama category in 2015. He has also translated several books from English into Arabic including John Steinbeck’s novella "Of Mice and Men".
Mirzaq Biqtash, Algerian writer and novelist. He published more than fifteen novels, translations, and short stories. His last work was the novel "The Rain Writers His Biography", which won the Assia Djebar Prize for Fiction in its third session, 2017. He died on 2 January 2021, at the age of 75.
Samiha Khrais, alternative spelling Samihah Kharis is a Jordanian novelist, journalist and translator. She was born in Amman and completed her primary and secondary school education in Qatar and Sudan and her university education in Egypt. For around 20 years, Khrais held a number of positions in the field of journalism, including editor-in-chief for Jordanian Hatem magazine and writer for Al-Ittihad newspaper, among others. She served as board member of the Radio and Television Department and PEN International in Jordan, and one of the founders of Emirates Writers Union. She has published over 15 literary works, and was nominated for a number of literary prizes, most notably, the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel in 2017.
Muhamed Mechbal is a Moroccan academic and critic. He is currently the head of Rhetoric and Discourse Analysis team is the College of Arts in Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tétouan. He won the King Faisal International Prize in Arabic language and literature in its 43rd round in 2021.
Fethia Hechmi is a Tunisian novelist. She published her first collection of poems entitled al-Uqḥuwān al-maṣlūb alā al-shifah in 2002, and her first novel Ḥāfiyat al-rūḥ (novel) in 2002. Her 2009 novel Maryam tasquṭ min yadd Allāh has been recognized for its experimental style. She was active in the 2011 Tunisian revolution and has been a prominent voice on Tunisian politics since then.
Omar Mohamed El-Sayed Fikri is an Egyptian writer and astronomer, born in Giza Governorate in 1965. He received a bachelor's degree in astronomy from the Faculty of Science at Cairo University in 1987, and a master's degree in astronomy from the Faculty of Science at Cairo University in 1992, then a PhD in astrophysics from the Faculty of Science at the University of Alexandria in 2006. Omar Fikri worked at the Halwan Observatory, then at the Kuwait Planetarium Science Center (PSC). He is currently the head of the Planetarium Theater Department at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Zuhur Kiram she is a Moroccan novelist, critic, academic and professor of higher education Ibn Tufail University in kenitra, Morocco. She's Head of Scientific Projects and PhD research units, and Head of the language creativity and new media Laboratory.
Muhammad Ismail Al-Labani is an Egyptian writer and researcher in critical and intellectual studies.
Salam Ibrahim is an Iraqi writer, born on August 12, 1954, in Diwaniyah, Iraq.
Haya Saleh Ibrahim is a Jordanian critic, novelist, playwright, drama writer and children's writer born in 1977, working in the Art House and as a critic and writer in the field of theatre and drama.
Muḥammad Sulayman al-Fakki Shadhili is a Sudanese-British novelist, short story writer and journalist.
Waheed Al Taweela, was born on June 4, 1960, in Kafr El-Sheikh. Waheed is an Egyptian writer. He worked as an expert for cultural relations at the Cultural Village Foundation in Qatar “Katara” between 2006 and 2009. He also worked as a media expert at the League of Arab States for two periods between 1993 and 2006 and between 2009 and 2012. He is currently the director of the Doha Magazine office in Cairo, the president of the Arab Cafe Organization, and a member of the International Cafe Federation.
June Rain is a 2006 novel written by Lebanese critic and writer Jabbour Douaihy. The novel was published in 2006 by Dar Al-Nahar for Publishing and Distribution by Dar Al-Saqi’s in London. It has been translated to French, Italian, German, and English. The book was also shortlisted for the 2008 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Marwan Ahmed al-Ghafory is a Yemeni novelist, writer and cardiologist. He has been based in Germany since 2011. He has published many literary books and was awarded Sharjah Prize for Arab Creativity for his poetry work entitled, Layal, (Nights), in 2005. He is known for his political articles.
