Mansoura Ez Eldin

Mansoura Ez Eldin was born in Delta Egypt in 1976, and studied journalism at the Faculty of Media, Cairo University and published her first collection of short stories, Shaken Light, in 2001. This was followed by two novels, Maryam's Maze in 2004 and Beyond Paradise in 2009 (shortlisted for the 2010 IPAF). In 2009, she was featured in Beirut 39, as one of the 39 best Arab authors below the age of 40.