Nura Amin
Nora Amin | |
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| Native name | نورا أمين |
| Born | July 4, 1970 Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupation | Novelist, Short story writer, Translator, Critic, Choreographer |
| Language | Arabic, French, English |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Education | French language |
| Alma mater | Cairo University |
| Genre | Fiction, Literary criticism |
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Nora Amin (Arabic: نورا أمين; born 4 July 1970) is an Egyptian novelist, short story writer, and translator.
A native of Cairo, Amin received her bachelor's degree in French from Cairo University in 1992, and has since worked as a teaching assistant at the Academy of Arts, in the Center for Languages and Translation. She has published a number of translations into Arabic from English and French. As a writer, she received the short-story prize from the General Authority for Culture Palaces in 1996; three years later she won the prize for the best novel by a writer under the age of forty which was offered by the Andalusiya Foundation for Culture and Arts.[1] Amin has also been active as a film, theater, and literary critic for Al Ahali and for al-Hilal.[2]
References
- ^ Radwa Ashour; Ferial Ghazoul; Hasna Reda-Mekdashi (1 November 2008). Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-1-61797-554-7.
- ^ "Nura Amin - Arab Women Writers". www.arabwomenwriters.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2017.