Radwa Ashour an Egyptian writer born in 26-05-1946. She is graduated from the Faculty of Arts, English department, Cairo University. She has an M.A. in comparative literature from the University of Cairo, Egypt and a PHd in Afro American literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. Now she is a professor of English literature in Ain Shams University, Egypt.
She has written several books including both fiction and literary studies. Fiction such as:
"The Journey: Memoirs of an Egyptian Student in America", a critical exploration of American society and the American psyche through the eyes of an adult Egyptian graduate visiting the US for the first time, 1983. Warm Stone, a novel set in Cairo, 1985 .Khadija and Sawsan, a novel in two parts narrated respectively by mother and daughter, 1989.I Saw the Date Palms, a collection of short stories, 1989. Siraj, a novel set on an imaginary island off the coast of east Africa in the last decades of the 19th century, 1992. The Granada Trilogy, a novel in three parts recounting the history of three generations of a Spanish Arab (Granadine Morisco) family, covering the period from November 1491 to October 1609, 1994-1995. Apparitions, an autobiographical novel, 1998. One of the most sarcastic is Mrs. R Reports, 2001 and others. Her literary studies include The Search for a black poetics: A study of Afro American Critical writings, Phd, 1975. Gibran and Blake (in English), 1972 and many others.
I promise to provide you with more and more about Radwa Ashour's life (a real Prosperous life that we must all learn from it) as we proceed reading her masterpiece The Granada Trilogy.
By guest writer Mayada
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wow that s gr8
thanx mayada
Egyptian and Proud
Many many Thanks to u
I am just trying to give others an idea about some of the REAL important people; people who make real difference in our life, those who struggle to add and participate positively in this chaotic world.
To All
I hope those who liked the idea of reading have bought the novel and started reading it, I started rereading it this morning.
Please enjoy reading it and don't forget to tell me what do you think of it so far (even if have read only one page)
Thank u all
wow masha'allah al marsyeen...
truly de BEST
Thank you Mayada for the topic, it's really interesting to talk about great works of literature and those who write them. I'll try to get one of Ashour's books.
thanx mayada
i ll buy the book tomorrow enshallah and will start to read it and i m waiting for more details abt radwa
waleg thank u so much begad for that link i hope u keep it forever
yala take care all
Bandari
please try to get The Granada Trilogy, so you can join us in reading it.
Egyptian and proud
Thank you for the support you are giving me here
Waleg
Thank you so much for everything
please provide those in the rest of the Arab world with info about the The Granada Triology and where they can buy it from as you promised before.
Many Many thanks to all of those who are participating
Thanks to you Mayada for the innitiative.
As for the information where to get the novel, it is available on our home page on the right side since last Saturday morning.
WALEG
Thank you I have Just seen it
To All,
To all who beleive that I am interested in Radwa Ashour just because she is Egyptian, this is not true at all!!
The Arab world got many many many great writers and we are going to read to all of them later on (enshallah).
I just started with this novel because as I told you before as you proceed reading it you will feel as if you are involved in a fairy tail at the same time you will feel it is the very real story of us.
sorry I mean a fairy tale!
To Mayada,
I went to many book stores in Tunisia to buy the book ( Grenada Trilogy) but i did not find it :(
Today i will keep on looking for after work.
Mayada you set a fire of passion in me to read this book, and really i hope to find it
P.S i was obsessed with the idea of getting this book all the weekend, last night i dreamt as if i had the book in my hands :)
To Bambucha,
I think you will find it in El-Dar Al-Arabia Lel-Ketab (4 Mohi El Din El Koliby - Manar - Tunisia)
merci bcp siksika :)
you're welcome