![]() ![]() She followed that with two more novels, “Muntaha” in 1995 and “Layssa al-ane (Not Now)” in 1998. In 1988, Youssef Idriss presented her first novel “Al-Sebaha fi Qomqom, (Swimming in a Bottle)” which was received with great enthusiasm. ![]() From 1975 to 1980 she was Bagdad correspondent for the Egyptian Rose Al-Youssef Magazine.Įl-Badry has given lectures on her work in many international universities including the University of Chicago, Wayne State University, Michigan University, Cairo University, Ain shams University and the University of Algeria. She was Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Editor-in-Chief of Egyptian Radio and Television Magazine. She holds a diploma in Journalism, Faculty of Media, 1988 and has a Bachelor of Arts in Commerce, Cairo University, 1975. She received the State Excellence award in Literature in 2012 and the best novel award at the Cairo International Book Fair in 2001 for her novel “A Certain Woman”, and again in 2018 for her novel “Cities of the Walls”. She was the first woman elected to the board of Radio and Television Magazine and is president of PEN International, Egypt Branch. Hala El-Badry is an acclaimed Egyptian novelist, short story writer, critic and journalist born in Cairo in 1954. ![]() She is also our guest on the fourth episode of our series: A writer, a vision, a journey, in March 2021. The author’s novel “A Certain Woman” was featured as AWB book of the month in March 2003 and her novel “Rain Over Baghdad” is our choice for March 2021. ![]()
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