Ahmed ALAIDY

Ahmed ALAIDY
2004 Resident
  • Africa
  • Northern Africa
  • Egypt
Arabic

Ahmed ALAIDY (fiction writer, journalist; b. 1974, Egypt) is a young writer gaining acclaim in Egypt and beyond. Though he had no formal training in literature or creative writing, Mr. Alaidy honed his skills through independent study and working at a small publishing house. He has written stories, scripts, and sitcoms, and in 2003, he published Being Abbas Al Abd. Now in its second printing, the novel was recently the subject of two seminars at the American University in Cairo, one focusing solely on the novel's linguistic techniques. Mr. Alaidy has published several articles for Donia El Ghad , an Arabic language newspaper published in Canada. Currently he is at work on a political novel set against the backdrop of 9/11. He is participating courtesy of the Department of State.

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  • In addition to becoming the Berlin LitFest’s first curator-in-residence, Helon Habila has also just received Kaduna Books and Art Festival’s KabaFest Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating his "exceptional writing and significant contributions to the development of literature globally."

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  • We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.

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