Nora Nagi

Nora Nagi is a prolific novelist from Egypt. She is the author of Bana [Pana] (2015), Al-Jedar [The Wall] (2016), Banat al-Basha [The Pasha’s Daughters] (2017), shortlisted for the 2018 Sawiris Prize; Sanawat al-Jari fi al-Makan [Years of Running in Place] (2022) as well as a collection of interviews, Al-Katibat Wa al-Wihda [Women Writers and Unity] (2019), all published by Dar Al-Shorouk. Her latest novel Atyaaf Kamilla [Spectres of Camelia] (Dar Al-Shorouk, 2020), won the Haqqi Award and was shortlisted for the Sawiris Cultural Award for Best Fiction Nominee for Young Writers. Nagi has also worked as an editor for the women’s pages in several Egyptian and Arab newspapers and websites.

Nada Faris is a writer and literary translator. In 2018, she received an Arab Woman Award from Harper’s Bazaar Arabia for her impact on creatives in Kuwait. She is an Honorary Fellow in Writing at Iowa University’s International Writing Program (IWP) Fall 2013; and an alumna of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) 2018: Empowering Youth through the Performing Arts. Faris holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry & Literary Translation) from Columbia University. She is the author of multiple books in different genres. Her shorter works have appeared in: The Norton Anthology for Hint Fiction, Gulf Coast Journal, Indianapolis Review, Nimrod, Tribes, One Jacar, The American Journal of Poetry, and more. Lost in Mecca by Bothayna Al-Essa (DarArab, 2024) is Faris’ first literary translation.