Mohammed Abdel Nabi

Mohammed Abdel Nabi (born 1977) is an Egyptian writer. He studied languages at Al-Azhar University.
Abdel Nabi has published books in a number of genres, including short stories, novellas and novels. His novel The Return of the Sheikh was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize. In 2010, his short story collection The Ghost of Anton Chekhov won the Sawiris Literature Prize. A freelance translator by profession, Abdel Nabi also runs a creative writing workshop.