Ibrahim Essa Author

Bestselling Egyptian author Ibrahim Essa is a renowed journalist, TV personality, and political commentator. Well known as the co-founder of the popular Egyptian weekly newspaper al-Dustur and as Editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper al-Tahrir. He lives and works in Cairo, Egypt.Winner of both the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the 2013 Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, Jonathan Wright is a former Reuters' Cairo Bureau Chief and renowned translator known for his tranlsations of Alaa Al-Aswany, Youssef Ziedan and Hassan Blassim. He lives and works in London, England.