Amina Zaydan

Amina Zaydan (Arabic: أمينة زيدان, romanized: Amīnah Zaydān; born 1966) is an Egyptian novelist and short story writer. She was born in 1966 in Suez and now lives in Cairo where she works as a civil servant.

In 1994, her short story collection It Happened Secretly won first prize in a literary competition held by Gamal al-Ghitani's Akhbar al-Adab weekly newspaper and Best Short Story Collection at the Cairo International Book Fair in 1995. Her second novel Red Wine won the Naguib Mahfouz Medal in 2007. An English translation of Red Wine by Sally Gomaa was published by the AUC Press in 2010.

Zaydan often writes about the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and its generational impact.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Memorial lecture honors Naguib Mahfouz, Amina Zaydan wins literary medal", The Daily News Egypt, 12 December 2007
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  3. 1 2 "أمينة زيدان: مستقبل الرواية العربيّة بين يدي المرأة" [Amina Zaydan: The future of the Arabic novel is in the hands of women]. Al Jarida. December 22, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  4. ↑ "نبيذ أحمر' تفوز بجائزة نجيب محفوظ'" ['Red Wine' wins Naguib Mahfouz Award]. Al Motamar. December 12, 2007. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Egypt Independent -". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  6. ↑ زيدان, امينة (2007). نبيذ احمر [Red Wine] (in Arabic). Dar Al-Hilal Printing. ISBN 9789770712405.
  7. ↑ Zaydan, Amina (2010). Red Wine. Cairo, Egypt: The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-161-797-181-5.