Tarek Emam (born 1977) is an Egyptian writer.Profile in IPAF website

Early life

He studied at the

University of Alexandria Alexandria University ( ar, جامعة الإسكندرية) is a public university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fouad University (the name of which was later changed to Cairo University), becoming an indepen ...

and works as a radio journalist. He published his first book, a collection of short stories, in 1995 at the age of 18. He has published several more volumes of fiction since then, including both novels and short stories. In 2010, Emam was selected to participate in the second

IPAF Nadwa The International Prize for Arabic Fiction Nadwa is an annual writers' workshop for young writers from the Arab world. Held under the aegis of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (itself funded by the Emirates Foundation in Abu Dhabi), the ...

, a writers' workshop held under the aegis of the

International Prize for Arabic Fiction The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) ( ar, الجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية) is the most prestigious and important literary prize in the Arab world. Its aim is to reward excellence in contemporary Arabic ...

Awards

Sawiris Prize The Sawiris Cultural Award is an Egyptian literary prize, awarded annually by the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development. It was inaugurated in 2005 with prizes in two categories: novels and short stories. Since then, additional categories in ...

, 2008 - Second prize in the Young Writers category for the novel ''Hedo'a Alkatalah''

References

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