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Radwa Ashour (also Ashur) is an Egyptian novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, and university professor.

BIOGRAPHICAL HIGHLIGHTS

Name: Radwa Ashour (Ashur)

Birth: 1946, Cairo, Egypt

Family: Husband, Murid al-Barghuthi (Palestinian); one son: Tamim (b.

1977)

Nationality: Egyptian

Education: B.A. (English), Cairo University, 1967; MA. (comparative literature) Cairo University, 1972; Ph.D. (African-American literature) the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1975

PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY:

• 1967: Begins teaching at Ain Shams University
• 1972: Helps establish the Higher Committee for Writers and Artists in Egypt
• 1985: Publishes first novel, Hajar Dafi
• 1994: Publishes Gharnata; it is declared best book of the year by the General Egyptian Book Organization
• 1995: Wins first prize at Cairo Arab Women's Book Fair for Gharnata
• 2005: Co-edits The Encyclopedia of Arab Women Writers: 1873–1999

PERSONAL HISTORY

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