Biography:

Sonallah Ibrahim was born in 1937. After studying law and drama at Cairo University, he became a journalist in Cairo until his arrest and imprisonment in 1959 as an advocate for the Left. Upon his release in 1964, he briefly returned to journalism in Egypt before moving to Berlin to work for a news agency and to Moscow where he studied cinematography. He returned to Egypt in 1974 and since then has dedicated all his time to writing.

Sonallah Ibrahim has written a number of novels and short stories, as well as a dozen children's books. He has also translated a variety of books into Arabic. Ibrahim is well known for his documentary novels that employ a literary style unique in Arabic writing.

His first novel, Tilka Al Raiha, which he wrote after spending several years in one of Nasser's political prisons, paved the way for the emergence of a new style of Arabic literature which relies less on wordiness and more on emotions and feelings. Because of its strong political messages, it was banned immediately after publication and was unavailable for 10 years.

In 1998 his novel "Sharaf" was awarded best Egyptian novel.

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DOB: 1937.

Country: Egypt

Selected works: 

• Tilka Al Raiha (The Smell of It) (1966)
• Star of August (1974) The committee (1981)
• Beirut Beirut Dar elmostakbal el-Arabi (1984)
• Zaat (1992)
• Sharaf (1997)
• Warda (2000)
• Amrikanli (2003)

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