Author and Poet Fatima Naoot to Speak at El Gouna Library

El Gouna Library, together with Rotary Club of Red Sea - El Gouna, are organizing a joint event on Wednesday Sept 26th at 6pm, with guest speaker Fatima Naoot who is considered one of the most remarkable voices in Arabic poetry. 

The event will also be a celebration of the Egyptian New Year 6260. You may view the Facebook Page here

About Fatima Naoot:

She works as a column-writer in press, and a presenter in TV media. Born in Cairo in 1964, she graduated in 1987 from the faculty of Engineering, Architecture dep. at Ein Shams University, Cairo. She has published 20 books to date: seven poetry collections, ten translated anthologies and novels from English into Arabic, and three books of literature criticism and essays. She has translated into Arabic the novels and stories of Virginia Woolf, John Ravenscroft, Chimamanda Nagozi Adichie, Philip Roth, Chinua Achibi, and dozens of British and American contemporary poets. She writes constant weekly columns for newspapers and magazines in Egypt and the Middle East. She won the first prize of the "Arabic Poetry 2006" competition in Hong Kong for her fifth poetry collection, A Bottle of Glue, a Chinese/English edition (Nadwah Press, 2007). She has represented Egypt at several noted international festivals and conferences in Europe, USA, Latin American and the Middle East. Her poetry has been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Chinese, Persian and Kurdish. In both articles and poems, she pays attention to minorities like Copts and women. 

(the Scottish Poetry Library)

She is:

A member of Egypt Writers' Union.

A member of International Pen Club Writers.

A member of Scottish Poetry Library.

A member of World Poets Society (W.P.S.)  

A member of "Poets of the World"

A member of Arab Union for Internet.

A member of Egypt Engineering Syndicate.

A member of L' Atelier du Caire.

A member of Egyptian Women Writers Union.

A member of Egyptian Journalists Syndicate.