Ibrahim Abdel Meguid

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Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (born 2 December 1946) is an Egyptian novelist and author.^[1] His best-known works form the "Alexandria Trilogy": No One Sleeps in Alexandria, Birds of Amber, and Clouds Over Alexandria.^[2] These have been translated into English and French.^[3]

Early life and education

Meguid was born in Alexandria. He studied philosophy at Alexandria University. He obtained his BA in 1973 and moved to Cairo the following year.^{[citation needed]}

Works

المسافات [Al-Masafât] (1983). Distant Train, translated by Hosam M. Aboul-Ela (2007)
بيت الياسمين [Bayt al-yasâmin] (1987). The House of Jasmine, trans. Noha Radwan (2012)
البلدة الأخرى [Al Balda al-ukhrâ] (1991). The Other Place, trans. Farouk Abdel Wahab (1997)
لا أحد ينام في الإسكندرية [La Ahad yanam fil Iskandariya] (1996). No One Sleeps in Alexandria, trans. Farouk Abdel Wahab (2004)
طيور العنبر [Toyour al-anbar] (2000). Birds of Amber, trans. Farouk Abdel Wahab (2005)
في كل أسبوع يوم جمعة [Fi koulli ousbou yawmou joumoua] (2009). Every Week Has a Friday
الإسكندرية في غيمة [Iskandriya fi ghayma] (2012). Clouds Over Alexandria, trans. Kay Heikkinen (2019)

Awards and honors

1996 Naguib Mahfouz Medal, inaugural winner for The Other Place^[4]
1996 Cairo International Book Fair, novel of the year, for No One Sleeps in Alexandria
2011 Sawiris Cultural Award, for Every Week Has a Friday
2015 Katara Prize for Arabic Novel, inaugural co-winner for Adagio^[5]