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Miral al-Tahawy

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born

January 01, 1968 in Egypt

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female

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http://www.miral-altahawi.com

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Miral al-Tahawy (Arabic: ميرال الطحاوي) is an Egyptian writer of short stories and novels.
Until she left for Cairo at the age of 26, al-Tahawy had never left her village (Geziret Saoud in the eastern Nile delta) without a male relative or guardian. She managed to avoid marriage by working as a teacher, and then by leaving without permission to study at the University of Cairo.
Born in 1968 into the Bedouin al-Hanadi tribe, she credits her liberal-minded father with the fact that both she and her older sister (who is a pharmacist) obtained an education, although they lived in traditional seclusion.
Her experience of coming to the city for the first time and gaining her freedom inspired her to write. In 1995, she published a collection of sho...more

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Books by Miral al-Tahawy

Average rating: 3.36 · 687 ratings · 238 reviews · 5 distinct works

	بروكلين هايتس by Miral al-Tahawy, ميرال الطحاوي 3.26 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	الباذنجانة الزرقاء by Miral al-Tahawy, ميرال الطحاوي 3.31 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	الخباء by Miral al-Tahawy, ميرال الطحاوي 3.50 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	My rating:
	نقرات الظباء by Miral al-Tahawy, ميرال الطحاوي 3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	ريم البرارى المستحيلة by Miral al-Tahawy, ميرال الطحاوي 2.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2004	My rating: