Nura Amin
Egyptian writer and choreographer
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| Intro | Egyptian writer and choreographer | |
| Places | Egypt | |
| is | Writer Theatre director Theater professional Dancer Choreographer Novelist Critic Film critic Translator Literary critic | |
| Work field | Arts Dancing Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature | |
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| Birth | 4 July 1970, Cairo, Egypt | |
| Age | 54 years | |
| Star sign | Cancer |
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Nura Amin (born 4 July 1970) is an Egyptian novelist, short story writer, and translator.
A native of Cairo, Amin received her bachelor's degree in French from Cairo University in 1992, and has since worked as a teaching assistant at the Academy of Arts, in the Center for Languages and Translation. She has published a number of translations into Arabic from English and French. As a writer, she received the short-story prize from the General Authority for Culture Palaces in 1996; three years later she won the prize for the best novel by a writer under the age of forty which was offered by the Andalusiya Foundation for Culture and Arts. Amin has also been active as a film, theater, and literary critic for Al Ahali and for al-Hilal.