Professor of Modern Arabic Literature and Criticism at the Faculty of Arts of Helwan University in Egypt

Egyptian Scriptwriter, narrator, and novelist. He was born in Sohag Governorate and graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in 2000. 

He is the author of several novels and story collections, as well as several drama series and films that achieved great successes, including “Al Rahaya”, “Sheikh Al Arab Hammam”, “Al Khawaja Abdel Qader”, “Dahsha”, “Nous”, and finally “Al Hashashin”. He also has a number of films, including “On the Side, Osta”, and “Al Kanz” (2 parts).

Dr Sherif Saleh is an Egyptian author and journalist who studied at Cairo University. He received a diploma in art criticism, a master's degree and a doctorate in Criticism from the Academy of Arts. He is the author of several literary works and has won several awards, most notably the Sawiris Prize in Short Story for the collection "Triangle of Love", the Dubai Cultural Award for the collection "Egg on the Beach", the best playwright award from the "Youth Theatre Days" festival in Kuwait for the play "Evening Café", and the Sharjah Arab Creativity Award for the first edition of the play "Rooster's Dance".

Salha Obeid is an Emirati writer born in Sharjah in 1988. She is the author of a number of story collections and novels, including 'Alzheimer's', which was published in 2010 and translated into German. She has won several awards, including the Al Owais Prize for Creativity for her story "Implicitly White Strand" in 2016.

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