Salwa Bakr

Salwa Bakr was born in Cairo in 1949. She gained her BA
in business management from Ain Shams University in
1972 and a second BA in theatre criticism in 1976.
She worked as a government rationing inspector from
1974 to 1980, then as a film and theatre critic for
several Arabic-language publications. In 1985 she began
concentrating on creative writing.
She has published seven collections of short stories,
seven novels, and a play. Her works have been translated
to a number of languages.