(born in Giza, 1970) is editor and translator at the teletext service of Egyptian television and editor of the Morning News Bulletin, English News Service, of Radio Cairo. He is also founder and editor of the literary magazine Al-Jarad. Mr. Metwalli's publications prove not only his talent but his fresh and challenging voice; in 1992 he received the "Yusuf al-Khal" prize for the best first poetry collection for Once Up 'on a Time, and the 1991 Rimbaud Prize for young poets given by Ibda magazine. His work is said to represent a major shift in contemporary literary values; he holds poetry readings throughout Egypt. He is also active in a local theater group, "Shrapnel," and collaborated with the American cultural affairs office at the 1996 Cairo International Experimental Theater Festival. Once Upon a Time was first published in Arabic in the United Kingdom in 1992; his poetry has also appeared in Lebanese publications and in English translation. He earned the BA in English from Cairo University in 1992 and took courses at the Egyptian Film Institute. The US Information Agency is providing his grant to the program.