FATIMA NAOOT

MY STORY

PASSION
FOR CAPTURE
EMOTIONS

Fatima Naoot is considered one of the most remarkable voices in Arabic poetry. She works as a column-writer in the press and a presenter in TV media. Born in Cairo in 1964, she graduated in 1987 from the faculty of Engineering, Architecture dep. at Ein Shams University, Cairo. She has published 18 books to date: seven poetry collections, eight translated anthologies and novels from English into Arabic, and three books of literature criticism and essays. She has translated into Arabic the novels and stories of Virginia Woolf, John Ravenscroft, Chimamanda Nagozi Adichie, Philip Roth, and dozens of British and American contemporary poets. She writes constant weekly columns for newspapers in Egypt and the Middle East. She won the first prize of the "Arabic Poetry 2006" competition in Hong Kong for her fifth poetry collection, A Bottle of Glue, a Chinese/English edition (Nadwah Press, 2007). She has represented Egypt at several noted international festivals and conferences in Europe, Latin American and the Middle East. Her poetry has been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Chinese, Persian and Kurdish. In both articles and poems, she pays attention to minorities like Copts and women. (the Scottish Poetry Library)

FATMA NAOOT is:

• A working member of Egypt Writers' Union
• A member of International Pen Club Writers.
• A member of Scottish Poetry Library. World Poets Society (W.P.S.) http://worldpoetssociety.spaces.live.com/
• A member of "Poets of the World"
• .A member of the Arab Union for the Internet.
• A member of the Egypt Engineering Syndicate.
• A member of L' Atelier du Caire.
• A member of Egyptian Women Writers Union.