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Mekkawi Said
Mekkawi Said (1955–2017) was an award-winning writer from Cairo. His first collection of short stories appeared in 1981, and his first novel won the Suad Sabbah Arab Creativity Pri...view moreMekkawi Said (1955–2017) was an award-winning writer from Cairo. His first collection of short stories appeared in 1981, and his first novel won the Suad Sabbah Arab Creativity Prize in 1991. Cairo Swan Song was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (the “Arabic Booker”) in 2008.view less