Yasser Abdel Latif (novelist, poet, scriptwriter, translator; Egypt) is the
author of two poetry collections; the latest ‘Nocturnal Round’ was published in
2009. His first novel ‘Law of Inheritance’ won the 2005 Sawiris Prize in the
young authors category.Abdel-Latif has
also edited the short story collection ‘Half Past Seven on Wednesday Evenings’
and his articles and translations have appeared in numerous magazines. He is
also a scriptwriter; his screen credits include No One Came Back (2007), The
Eagle Road (2004), and An Upright Citizen from Maadi (2002).He participates courtesy of the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs at the US Department of State.
Maxine Case (fiction writer, novelist; South Africa) is a senior writer for the
non-profit Cape Town Partnership.She
contributes to a number of newspapers and magazines, including Real Simple,
Reader’s Digest and O Magazine.Her
short story “Homing Pigeons” was included in African Compass:New Writing from Southern Africa 2005.In 2007, her debut novel All We Have Left
Unsaid won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book in Africa, and,
jointly, the Herman Charles Bosman Award.She participates courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs at the US Department of State.
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