Shady Lewis Botros (born 1978) is an Egyptian novelist and journalist. He has written several novels, of which the most notable is On the Greenwich Line (2019). The novel has been translated into multiple European languages. The English translation by Katharine Halls was published by Peirene Press, while the French translation was nominated for the 2023 Prix de la littérature arabe. Lewis has also published a travel diary.
He was born in 1978 in Cairo. His first novel, Ways of the Lord (2018) focused on a Christian man living in Egypt. [1] [2] He is of Coptic Christian origin, and currently lives in London. [3] [4] [5]