Mohamed al-Refai


Mohamed al-Refai is an Egyptian critic, novelist and writer. Since 1980, he has been writing for the Egyptian magazine Sabah al-Khair. He has also written a number of books, radio plays, television series, and film scripts. Al-Refai's novel Nocturnal Creatures of Sadness was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2012.
Al-Refai lives and works in Cairo.

Selected works

Books

Palestine in Egyptian Theatre
  • ''Experiments in Arab Theatre''

Radio plays

A Journey in Olden TimesParadise Lost
  • ''Papers of the Barada River''

TV series

The Overcoat The White
  • ''The Extoller of the Moon''

Film scripts

The Case of Mr. Mungid
  • ''Stolen Dreams''