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Ahdaf Soueif
Born in Cairo in 1950, Ahdaf Soueif is a novelist and political and cultural commentator. She is the author of a range of both fiction and non-fiction publications, including the b...view moreBorn in Cairo in 1950, Ahdaf Soueif is a novelist and political and cultural commentator. She is the author of a range of both fiction and non-fiction publications, including the bestselling The Map of Love (1999), shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction, and Cairo: My City, Our Revolution (2012), a personal account of the beginnings of the Egyptian Revolution. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a board member of The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights. In 2008, she launched the world's first Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest), of which she is the Founding Chair.view less