Safa Abdel Al Moneim

Safa Abdel Moneim (Arabic:صفاء عبد المنعم) is an Egyptian writer, novelist, educator and a researcher in folk literature. She is born in 1960. She has published nine- Short story collections and twelve novels. Among her most prominent works "Min Halawet Al-Rouh", a novel written in colloquial Egyptian Arabic which has been translated to English and Italian, and a short-story collection "Fi'llail Lmma Khallaa".  She also has several studies published in various newspapers and magazines. Her most recent published novel is 'My Granny Apple'.  

Safa Abdel Moneim
Born	27 December 1960 Cairo, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Education	B.A in Education
Alma mater	Ain Shams University
Occupation(s)	Writer, novelist, storyteller, researcher
Years active	1983– present

Biography

Safa Abdel Moneim Mahmoud Zayed was born on 27 December 1960 in Cairo. She graduated in 1986 from Al Helmeya High School after which she earned a B.A in Education from Ain-Shams University.

Safa Abdel Moneim's literary career began by reading her short stories in a youth centre in Shubra Al Kheima until publishing her very first short story in the Qalyoubia newspapers. she was awarded in a national short story competition for youth centres in 1983. Her first short story collection 'Hikayat Al'lail' was published in 1984, in which five stories were published in a joint-collection and discussed in several seminars in cultural and youth centers. She lists Anton Chekhov's story 'The Death of a Government Clerk' and Yusuf Idris' 'A Glance' as her most significant literary influencers. Safa Adel Moneim started her cultural when she and her late husband, poet and writer, Magdi Al-Gabri held weekly symposiums to discuss and criticize works of literature and poetry. These symposiums lasted from 1990 until her in 1998. Safa Abdel Moniem has been working as a school principal since 2009. She documented her career as a school principal in her novel 'Journals of a School Principal'  Abdel Moneim holds several memberships in various cultural, literary and educational institutions and unions, as she is a member of the Egyptian Writers Union and Cairo Atelier. She is also a lecturer at the General Authority for Cultural Palaces, a member of the Egyptian Society for folk Literature and the International Pen Club.

Works

Novels

• "Granny Apple" (original title: Si'tty Tufaha), 2020
• "Journals of A School Principal" (original title: Yawmiyat Mudairat Madrasa), 2020
• "A Peacock Above The Tree" (original title: Fawq Al Shajarah Tawoo's), 2020
• "The Edge of Soul" (original title: Hafat Al Roul), 2019
• "Merit Filter" (original title: Merit Asfar), 2009
• "A Female Artist's Home" (original title: Bait Fannana), 2009
• "He Called Her "Innana"(original title: Qala Laha Ya Innana), 2008
• "Whom She Saw" (original title: Al'leti Ra'at), 2008
• "Like a Witch" (original title: Mithla Sahira), 2008
• "The Wind of Simoom" (original title: Rih Al Sumoom), 2003
• "Within the Spirit's Beauty" (original title: Min Halawet Al Rouh), 2001

Short-story Collections

• "Sure, It's Really Fine" (original title: Aadi Geddan Taba'an), 2020
• "The Lady of the Place" (original title: Siyadat Al Makan), 2013
• "At Night When He Left" (original title: Fi'Lail Lamma Khalla), 2009
• "Fantasy of a Female" (original title: Ontha Al Khayal), 2010
• "In a Way or Another" (original title: Bi Shakl Aw Bi Akher), 2009
• "Girls and Girls" (original title: Banat Fi Banat), 2000
• "Friendly Little Things" (original title: Ashiaa' Saghira Wa Alifa), 1996
• "That Cairo Tempts Me with Its Bare legs" (original title: Tilk Al Qahira Tughrini Bi'Siqaniha Al'Aria), 1991
• "Tales of The Night" (original title: Hikayat Al'lail), 1984

Encyclopaedias

• "Children Songs Encyclopaedia" , 2008
• "Describing Egypt Now Encyclopaedia", 2008 (contributing)