Muna al-Sheemi

Muna al-Sheemi (born 1968) is an Egyptian writer.[1][2] She obtained a degree in archaeology from Cairo University, and currently works as a history teacher. She has published more than half a dozen works of fiction, including novels and short stories. Her work has also been published in leading Arab newspapers and magazines such as Al-Watan, Akhbar al-Adab and Al-Arabi.

Her latest book The Size of a Grape was nominated for the 2015 Arabic Booker Prize. Previously she was awarded the Egyptian General Authority for Cultural Palaces Prize for her novel A Colour Runaway from the Rainbow and the Story Club Prize for her novel The Weightier Scale.

Publications
  • A Colour Runaway from the Rainbow
  • The Weightier Scale
  • Jangling of the Bracelets
  • The Size of a Grape

Awards and nominations
  1. The Egyptian General Authority for Cultural Palaces Prize,[3] 2004
  2. The Story Club Prize,[3] 2004
  3. BBC Radio Prize,[3] 2014

References
  1. Bio
  2. "الروائية منى الشيمي: كتابتي ليست "أدب بورنو".. وحجابي لا يحد من حريتي | المصري اليوم". www.almasryalyoum.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  3. "Muna al-Sheemi | International Prize for Arabic Fiction". www.arabicfiction.org. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
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