An Activist in Gender Issues & Human Rights. I’m a writer with nine published books so far. I am Chairman of the Board "Heya Foundation for Woman" as well as Director and trainer of the "NWT" workshop for storytelling and feminist writing.
I work in providing support to abused women and institutional discrimination on gender basis. I’m also keen to develop sustainable careers for single & divorced women through providing opportunities for retraining and raising the profile of vulnerable women in the media and other platforms.
I’m also involved, both at the individual level and the organizational level, in a project to defend women against violence and discrimination “Violence & Discrimination against women.
Throughout my career as a writer and novelist, I worked with a few NGOs and national bodies to deliver courses in creative writing to children and women. I also gave workshops and courses to adult learners across the social and gender divide and age groups.
I am a member of a number of cultural and professional bodies in Egypt. Among these are the International Pen Club, The Egyptian Writers Union, Women Writers Association of Egypt, Cairo Atelier for Artists and Writers.
Published Works
• Tarateef El Roh a colloquial narrative Rawafed Publishing 2019
• Conditions for Love, short stories, Merit Publishing 2008
• Bab il-Khisarah (Road to Perdition), short stories Merit Publishing, Cairo: 2003
• Sa’aadat Saghirah (Little Happy Moments), Short stories, Qubaa’ Publishing, Cairo: 2000
• Bruvaat (Rehearsals) short stories, Aswat Adabiyyah Series, Egyptian Book Corporation, Cairo: 1998.
• Al-siqaan Arrafi’ah La ta’rif Alkadhib, Novel (Slim Legs Couldn’t Tell Lies), Egyptian Book Corporation, Cairo: 1998
• Saradib (Secret Tunnels) short stories, Arab Culture Publishers, Cairo: 1998
• Qadrun Mina Al-‘Ishq (A Measure of Love), short stories, Egyptian Book Corporation, Cairo: 1994
Some Articles & Research
• “Conditions of Writing, Conditions of rebellion”, A paper presented in A Roundtable Discussion, The Arab Women Solidarity Conference, Cairo: 2000
• “A Testimony on Existence”, ibid, 2002
• “Walking the Way, Treading on Fire”, A paper presented at the Novel Conference Organized by the Higher Council for Arts & Culture, Cairo 2003
• “My Grandmas Made History: from Mars Ankh to Zahr Il-Ward”, a paper presented in the Third Cairo Conference of Creative Writing, Cairo: 2005
• “The Age of the Short Story” A paper presented at the International Pen Club Conference, Cairo, Feb 2005
• “The genesis of Literary Genres in Ancient Egyptian Literature” A paper presented at a Conference Organized by the Swiss Institute & Günter Berry University in Switzerland, Alexandria: June 2005
