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Ibtihal Salem
Egyptian writer · Egypt · On the map · Writers · Lived 1939 to 2015 · aged 76
Ibtihal Salem was an Egyptian short story writer, novelist and translator. She was born in Giza and studied psychology at Ain Shams University. She has worked in Egyptian theatre and radio. Her first collection of short stories, al-Nawras was published in 1989, followed by a second volume Dunya Saghira in 1992.
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Her first novel Nawafiz Zarqaa was well received by critics. She has published several more short story collections and novels. Salem is considered to be part of the same generation of women writers as Sahar Tawfiq, Siham Bayyumi and Salwa Bakr.
