A Bahraini poet, writer, and academic researcher residing in the United Arab Emirates. She is also a media expert at Dubai Media Incorporated, and a member of the committee for updating Arabic language teaching methods in Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Arabic Language Initiative.

She has received several awards, including the Dynamic Woman of the Year 2011 award from George Washington University in the United States.

Dr Parween Habib holds a master's degree in Literary Criticism from Ain Shams University in Cairo and a PhD in Literary Criticism from the Arab League University in Egypt.

Professor of Criticism at Cairo University, he has been the editor-in-chief of a number of literary series and magazines and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of “Fusoul” Magazine, published by the Egyptian General Book Authority. 

He authored a number of critical works, including “In the Absence of the Garden” and “On the Time/Space Continuum in Naguib Mahfouz's Novels”.

An Egyptian author who studied English at the Faculty of Arts at Cairo University, graduating in 1966, then obtained a diploma in Shakespearean theatre at Oxford University in England, then joined the American University in Cairo and obtained a master's degree in mass communication in 1975. 

He was the Editor-in-Chief of the French-language newspaper "Al-Ahram Ebdo” and received the State Appreciation Award in Literature in 2012.

An Egyptian author, novelist, and journalist, who participated in the War of 1967, War of Attrition, and October 1973 War, and remained in the armed forces until 1974. 

He then turned to journalism and worked as a Literary Editor at Dar Al Hilal's Al Musawwar magazine, rising through the ranks until he became Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the magazine. He was awarded the State Appreciation Prize in Literature in 2008.

Author, Critic, Journalist, and Advisor at the Jordanian Ministry of Culture

Egyptian Author and Poet

Author, Founder and Chair Al Multaqa Literary Salon