At Qantara.de Claudia Mende profiles Egyptian author Salwa Bakr, in The Voice of the Marginalized.
Interesting that:
None of her work is under review at the complete review, but I do have a couple of her novels and expect to get to them -- probably The Golden Chariot first (see also the American University in Cairo Press publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk).
Interesting that:
She has already won numerous international accolades for her novels, short stories and narratives; in Germany, for example, the Deutsche Welle Prize for Literature in 1993. Yet she has not received a single award in Egypt.Hence her complaint:
"Here in Egypt, literary prizes are awarded to male artists who also enjoy good relations with the government. If I publish a book however, I earn very little. In my view, this is also a kind of corruption," she says, clearly disgusted.Certainly one hopes that is one of the things that will change now.
None of her work is under review at the complete review, but I do have a couple of her novels and expect to get to them -- probably The Golden Chariot first (see also the American University in Cairo Press publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk).