Nesma Idris
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Nesma Idris is an Egyptian
short story writer. She is the daughter of famed Egyptian author Yusuf Idris
. Her 2003 collection of short stories Malek walla Ketaba (Head or Tail) was runner-up for the Sawiris Prize in the "young writers" category. She has also been involved with the Egyptian feminist group Women and Memory Forum
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Egyptians
Egyptians are nation an ethnic group made up of Mediterranean North Africans, the indigenous people of Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to...
short story writer. She is the daughter of famed Egyptian author Yusuf Idris
Yusuf Idris
Yusuf Idris, also Yusif Idris was an Egyptian writer of plays, short stories, and novels. Idris originally trained to be a doctor, studying at the University of Cairo...
. Her 2003 collection of short stories Malek walla Ketaba (Head or Tail) was runner-up for the Sawiris Prize in the "young writers" category. She has also been involved with the Egyptian feminist group Women and Memory Forum
Women and Memory Forum
The Women and Memory Forum was founded in 1995 in Cairo, Egypt. The members are women academics, researchers and activists, trying to improve the weak position of Arab women in their culture....
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