Amira Ghenim is a Tunisian writer and academic.[1][2] She was born in 1978 in Sousse.[3] She obtained a PhD in linguistics, teaches at Tunis University, and is involved in academic publishing about linguistics and translation both as an editor and a writer.[4][5] In addition, she has written and published two novels to date:

  • The Yellow Dossier (2019), which won the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamad Prize in 2020
  • The Calamity of the Nobility (2020), which was shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2021[6]

She is also involved in radio production, and her show "Women of My Country" won an award from the Arab Radios Union in 2014.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Bio
  2. ↑ "Interview with shortlisted author Amira Ghenim | International Prize for Arabic Fiction". www.arabicfiction.org. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  3. 1 2 "Amira Ghenim, Tunisia | Creative and Critical Writings 2021". Arab Culture Fund. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  4. ↑ "Amira Ghenim | International Prize for Arabic Fiction". www.arabicfiction.org. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  5. ↑ "4 Arab Female Writers On The International Prize for Arabic Fiction's Longlist". About Her. 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  6. ↑ "IPAF Judging Chair Announces 2021 Shortlist 'Rivaling the Best Books of the Prize'". ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY. 2021-03-29. Retrieved 2022-03-18.


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