Hala El Badry

Hala El Badry, a graduate of Cairo University, is an Egyptian journalist and novelist. She is deputy editor of an Egyptian radio and television magazine.
Muntaha, a novel published in 1995, is set in the fictional village of Muntaha in the Nile Delta. Imra'atun ma, Hala El Badry's fourth book, was named best novel of 2001 at the Cairo International [Book Fair].

Early life

Hala El Badry is an Egyptian journalist and author. She obtained a diploma in Journalism from the Faculty of Media in 1988 and a Bachelor of Arts in Commerce from Cairo University in 1975. El Badry served as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Editor-in-Chief of Egyptian Radio and Television Magazine. From 1975 to 1980, she worked as the Baghdad correspondent for Rose al [Yusuf (magazine)|Rose Al-Youssef Magazine].

Awards

State Excellence Award in Literature, 2012
Best Novel Award at the Cairo International Book Fair, 2001 for "A Certain Woman"
Best Novel Award at the Cairo International Book Fair, 2018 for "Cities of the Walls".

Works

Muntaha. 1995

* Muntaha. Translated by Nancy Roberts. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2006. Imra'atun ma. 2001
* A Certain Woman. Translated by Farouk Abdel Wahab. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2003. ; London: Arabia Books, 2008.