Ahmed Magdy Hammam (born 1983 in UAE) is an Egyptian novelist, storyteller and journalist.
His publications include:
The Hemingway Man (Short Stories Collection) Dar Al Ain 2024
Organized Death (Novel) Hachette Antoine 2021
Coastal Lungs - New Writings from the Arab World - Anthology - Sharjah World Book Capital (Texts by 50 Arab Writers) 2019
Reports to Sarah (Diaries) - Athr Publishing House 2019
Recipe No. 7 (Novel) Dar Al Masreya Al Lubnaniyya 2017
Ayyash (Novel) - Dar Al Saqi Publishing House 2016
Tales Factory (masnae alhikayat) - (25 Interviews) Dar Midad Publishing House 2016
The Gentleman Prefers Losing Cases (aljintulman yufa'dil alqa'daya alkhasira) - Short Stories- Rawafed Publishing House 2014
The Pains of the Jackal ( 'awjae abn awaa) - novel - Dar Merit Publishing House - 2011
From Cairo ( Qahiri) - Novel- Dar Nefro Publishing House - 2008.
Ahmed started working as a cultural journalist since 2010. He held the position of managing editor of "Alam Al-Kitab" magazine, a correspondent for the London-based "Al-Hayat" newspaper, the Lebanese "Al-Akhbar" newspaper, and "Al-Quds Al-Arabi". In addition, he publishes in several Arab periodicals and websites:
Al-Tahrir - New Culture - Black and White - Cairo - Doha Cultural - Youm7 - Al-Ahram - Al-Maqal - Akhbar Aladab - Al-Tahrir Channel News Portal - Sisra Cultural (Saudi Arabia) - Our Theater - Romman Magazine.
Awards:
* His short story collection, The Hemingway Man was shortlisted for the 2024 Edwar Al-Kharrat Prize
* Cairo International Book Fair Award 2022, Best Novel for his novel "Organized Death" 2022.
* He was shortlisted for the Arablit Story Prize for Best Arabic Short Story Translated into English for his story (Hemingway's Trick), 2021.
* He was shortlisted for the (Asfari) Short Story Prize granted by the American University of Beirut 2018.
* His short story collection, "The Gentleman Prefers Losing Cases", won the (Sawiris) Award for Best Short Story Collection 2016.
* He won the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (Afaq) Grant 2015.
* He received the (Al-Mawrid) Production Grant 2014
