Muna al-Sheemi


mona elshimi is an Egyptian writer. She obtained a degree in archaeology from Cairo University, and currently works as a history teacher. She has published more than half a dozen works of fiction, including novels and short stories. Her work has also been published in leading Arab newspapers and magazines such as , Akhbar al-Adab and Al-Arabi.
Her latest book The Size of a Grape was nominated for the 2015 Arabic Booker Prize. Previously she was awarded the Egyptian General Authority for Cultural Palaces Prize for her novel A Colour Runaway from the Rainbow and the Story Club Prize for her novel The Weightier Scale.

Publications

  • A Colour Runaway from the Rainbow
  • The Weightier Scale
  • Jangling of the Bracelets
  • The Size of a Grape

Awards and nominations

  1. The Egyptian General Authority for Cultural Palaces Prize, 2004
  2. The Story Club Prize, 2004
  3. BBC Radio Prize, 2014