Bahaa Taher

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January 13, 1935 in Gizah, Egypt

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Bahaa Taher(Arabic:بهاء طاهر; also transliterated as Bahaa Tahir, Baha Taher, or Baha Tahir) is an Egyptian novelist. He was awarded the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2008 for his novel Sunset Oasis.
Shortly after graduating from the University of Cairo, he started work in Radio 2, the culture channel of the Egyptian Radio. In 1964, he published his first short story.
Bahaa was active in the left-wing and avant-garde literary circles of the 1960s and was one of the writers of the Gallery 68 movement. A storyteller and social commentator, Taher lost his job in radio broadcasting and was prevented from publishing in the mid 1970s during Anwar Sadat's government in Egypt.
In 1981 he chose to leave for Geneva to work as a tra...more

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Books by Bahaa Taher

Average rating: 3.59 · 73 ratings · 9 reviews · 1 distinct work

	الحب في المنفى 3.99 avg rating — 933 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions	My rating:
	واحة الغروب 3.90 avg rating — 2,022 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions	My rating:
	خالتي صفية والدير 3.85 avg rating — 824 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions	My rating:
	قالت ضحى 3.83 avg rating — 514 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Oasis du couchant 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	My rating:

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Quotes by Bahaa Taher

“لا افهم أي معني للموت ,لكن ما دام محتماً فلنفعل شيئا يبرر حياتنا,فلنترك بصمه علي هذه الارض قبل ان نغادرها”
― Bahaa Taher, واحة الغروب

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“عرفت رجالاً يتجنبون الارتباط بالجميلات خوفاً من نظرات الاخرين التي تتساءل:هل يستحق هذا الرجل تلك المرأه”
― Bahaa Taher, واحة الغروب

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