Naqib's Daughter
- Location
- North Carolina,
- Birthday
- November 11
- Bio
- Born and raised in Egypt, educated at London University, immigrated to the United States in the eighties. Author of two novels, The Cairo House, about growing up in a political family in Nasser's Egypt, and The Naqib's Daughter, about Bonaparte's occupation of Egypt in 1798. A collection of short stories, Love is Like Water, addresses in part Arab Americans post 9/11. Also published nonfiction on Islam, Egypt, women in Muslim societies, and terrorism. Have taught at university and in journalism. An editor of South Writ Large, an online magazine of stories, arts and ideas from the Global and US Souths.
MY RECENT POSTS
- The Egyptian Feminist's
Dilemma: Mona Eltahawy
April 29, 2012 05:18PM - Egypt's Presidential
Primaries: Everything at Stake
April 27, 2012 03:32PM - The Crazy Woman is Back:
Egypt's Social Rift
March 28, 2012 11:20AM - The Dead Pope Rises: Coptic
Conundrum in Egypt
March 20, 2012 01:08PM - Whither Egypt on International
Women's Day?
March 08, 2012 12:59PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Brunhilde, of course she
is not my 'enemy'! But neither
was
my loving and
wonderf…”
May 07, 2012 05:01PM - “In response to Torrito,
I think we are agreed as to
how
abhorrent a practice
FGC…”
May 01, 2012 11:50AM - “Thank you for you long
and thoughtful response, Clay
Ball.
You seem to have
unusu…”
April 30, 2012 01:19PM - “In answer to the
question of why Saudi Arabia
recalled its
ambassador to
Egypt, i…”
April 30, 2012 01:06PM - “And in a sign of how
unsettled things are in Egypt,
the
decision to exclude the
m…”
April 29, 2012 10:13AM
Naqib's Daughter's Links
- New list
- The Cairo House
May 07, 2012 05:01PM
“Brunhilde, of course she is not my 'enemy'! But neither was my loving and wonderfully supportive father, or my supportive brother, or so many other men…”
About: The Egyptian Feminist's Dilemma: Mona Eltahawy
“Brunhilde, of course she is not my 'enemy'! But neither was my loving and wonderfully supportive father, or my supportive brother, or so many other men…”
About: The Egyptian Feminist's Dilemma: Mona Eltahawy
May 01, 2012 11:50AM
“In response to Torrito, I think we are agreed as to how abhorrent a practice FGC is, and that it is practiced by both Christians and Muslims in Africa.…”
About: The Egyptian Feminist's Dilemma: Mona Eltahawy
“In response to Torrito, I think we are agreed as to how abhorrent a practice FGC is, and that it is practiced by both Christians and Muslims in Africa.…”
About: The Egyptian Feminist's Dilemma: Mona Eltahawy
April 30, 2012 01:19PM
“Thank you for you long and thoughtful response, Clay Ball. You seem to have unusual insight into Mona Eltahawy's thinking. Best of luck!”
About: The Egyptian Feminist's Dilemma: Mona Eltahawy
“Thank you for you long and thoughtful response, Clay Ball. You seem to have unusual insight into Mona Eltahawy's thinking. Best of luck!”
About: The Egyptian Feminist's Dilemma: Mona Eltahawy
April 30, 2012 01:06PM
“In answer to the question of why Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador to Egypt, it was in response to demonstrations in front of the embassy by Egyptia…”
About: Egypt's Presidential Primaries: Everything at Stake
“In answer to the question of why Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador to Egypt, it was in response to demonstrations in front of the embassy by Egyptia…”
About: Egypt's Presidential Primaries: Everything at Stake
April 29, 2012 10:13AM
“And in a sign of how unsettled things are in Egypt, the decision to exclude the military's candidate, former Mubarak PM Ahmed Shafiq, was overturned a…”
About: Egypt's Presidential Primaries: Everything at Stake
“And in a sign of how unsettled things are in Egypt, the decision to exclude the military's candidate, former Mubarak PM Ahmed Shafiq, was overturned a…”
About: Egypt's Presidential Primaries: Everything at Stake
March 29, 2012 02:32AM
“I didn't mean to suggest the situation is unsalvageable, only that the power struggle among political currents to inherit this revolution is far from o…”
About: The Crazy Woman is Back: Egypt's Social Rift
“I didn't mean to suggest the situation is unsalvageable, only that the power struggle among political currents to inherit this revolution is far from o…”
About: The Crazy Woman is Back: Egypt's Social Rift
March 28, 2012 03:32PM
“But plus ca change, in this case, really doesn't apply: DSK is being tried for proxenitisme in France and Diallo is filing a civil suit in NYC. So he'…”
About: DSK The French Dinosaur
“But plus ca change, in this case, really doesn't apply: DSK is being tried for proxenitisme in France and Diallo is filing a civil suit in NYC. So he'…”
About: DSK The French Dinosaur
March 21, 2012 03:23AM
“Pope Shenouda had been at the head of his flock for forty years, longer than the thirty years Mubarak had ruled Egypt, and the anguish of the Coptic mo…”
About: The Dead Pope Rises: Coptic Conundrum in Egypt
“Pope Shenouda had been at the head of his flock for forty years, longer than the thirty years Mubarak had ruled Egypt, and the anguish of the Coptic mo…”
About: The Dead Pope Rises: Coptic Conundrum in Egypt
March 21, 2012 03:23AM
“Pope Shenouda had been at the head of his flock for forty years, longer than the thirty years Mubarak had ruled Egypt, and the anguish of the Coptic mo…”
About: The Dead Pope Rises: Coptic Conundrum in Egypt
“Pope Shenouda had been at the head of his flock for forty years, longer than the thirty years Mubarak had ruled Egypt, and the anguish of the Coptic mo…”
About: The Dead Pope Rises: Coptic Conundrum in Egypt
March 09, 2012 03:19AM
“Thank you for the encouragement, Lefty and Clay! And thank you Jeff for reminding me how warm and welcoming the city of my birth was, and still is, and…”
About: Whither Egypt on International Women's Day?
“Thank you for the encouragement, Lefty and Clay! And thank you Jeff for reminding me how warm and welcoming the city of my birth was, and still is, and…”
About: Whither Egypt on International Women's Day?
February 20, 2012 01:46AM
“Thank you so much Clay!”
About: St Valentine's in Egypt:Bedouin to Bikinis
“Thank you so much Clay!”
About: St Valentine's in Egypt:Bedouin to Bikinis
January 28, 2012 04:37AM
“Thoth, Not to quibble with such a positive comment, but 'esaba', as I hear it used in Egypt today, is a 'gang', like a gang of thieves. Thank you for w…”
About: Tahrir a Year Later: What has changed?
“Thoth, Not to quibble with such a positive comment, but 'esaba', as I hear it used in Egypt today, is a 'gang', like a gang of thieves. Thank you for w…”
About: Tahrir a Year Later: What has changed?
January 27, 2012 02:38AM
“I wouldn't generalize about the supposed incompatibility of Islam and a free press on the basis of the jailing of a 100 journalists in Turkey. There ar…”
About: Tahrir a Year Later: What has changed?
“I wouldn't generalize about the supposed incompatibility of Islam and a free press on the basis of the jailing of a 100 journalists in Turkey. There ar…”
About: Tahrir a Year Later: What has changed?
January 26, 2012 10:24AM
“As for the 50% peasants and workers, it is indeed a relic of Nasser 'socialism'. This quota complicated the already complicated election process during…”
About: Egypt's Revolution: First Anniversary
“As for the 50% peasants and workers, it is indeed a relic of Nasser 'socialism'. This quota complicated the already complicated election process during…”
About: Egypt's Revolution: First Anniversary
January 23, 2012 12:21PM
“To answer some of your comments: as for economic reform, the Muslim Brotherhood are by and large professionals and businessmen, some of them extremely…”
About: Egypt's Revolution: First Anniversary
“To answer some of your comments: as for economic reform, the Muslim Brotherhood are by and large professionals and businessmen, some of them extremely…”
About: Egypt's Revolution: First Anniversary
December 10, 2011 08:36AM
“Thank you Malusinka, for your insight. And I agree with Old Lefty that the Muslim Brotherhood are unlikely to impose Shari'a, or any strong religious vi…”
About: The Liberal's Dilemma: Egypt's Elections
“Thank you Malusinka, for your insight. And I agree with Old Lefty that the Muslim Brotherhood are unlikely to impose Shari'a, or any strong religious vi…”
About: The Liberal's Dilemma: Egypt's Elections
November 24, 2011 08:00AM
“Re the cell phone text messages from the SCAF, only one of Egypt's three carriers- Mobinil- refused to relay the messages on its servers. The other two…”
About: Revolution Redux: the Military in Egypt
“Re the cell phone text messages from the SCAF, only one of Egypt's three carriers- Mobinil- refused to relay the messages on its servers. The other two…”
About: Revolution Redux: the Military in Egypt
November 24, 2011 07:55AM
“Perceptive comments. It's not clear how much of the powerful pressure at its command the State Dept will choose to exert on Egypt's military leaders to…”
About: Revolution Redux: the Military in Egypt
“Perceptive comments. It's not clear how much of the powerful pressure at its command the State Dept will choose to exert on Egypt's military leaders to…”
About: Revolution Redux: the Military in Egypt
September 30, 2011 11:42PM
“Thank you for the thoughtful comments! A choice between Erdogan/Egyptian Brotherhood on the one hand and the military on the other would seem to be a c…”
About: Turkey and Egypt: A Long History in Danger of Repeating
“Thank you for the thoughtful comments! A choice between Erdogan/Egyptian Brotherhood on the one hand and the military on the other would seem to be a c…”
About: Turkey and Egypt: A Long History in Danger of Repeating
September 30, 2011 11:42PM
“Thank you for the thoughtful comments! A choice between Erdogan/Egyptian Brotherhood on the one hand and the military on the other would seem to be a c…”
About: Turkey and Egypt: A Long History in Danger of Repeating
“Thank you for the thoughtful comments! A choice between Erdogan/Egyptian Brotherhood on the one hand and the military on the other would seem to be a c…”
About: Turkey and Egypt: A Long History in Danger of Repeating
August 14, 2011 09:46AM
“I didn't know that about China, or at least Beijing, in the eighties. I always assumed it was a joyless place where injunctions against carousing or an…”
About: London Riots and the Egyptian Revolution: the Lessons
“I didn't know that about China, or at least Beijing, in the eighties. I always assumed it was a joyless place where injunctions against carousing or an…”
About: London Riots and the Egyptian Revolution: the Lessons
August 14, 2011 09:43AM
“Interesting perspective, thank you for this guest column. I grew up in Egypt, where women went, in four generations, from hijab to Western norms of dre…”
About: Guest Post: Beauty, Islamic Feminism, and Choice
“Interesting perspective, thank you for this guest column. I grew up in Egypt, where women went, in four generations, from hijab to Western norms of dre…”
About: Guest Post: Beauty, Islamic Feminism, and Choice
August 05, 2011 05:55PM
“Don, thank you for the encouragement on the coverage of Egypt. Let me return the compliment, I'm impressed by your take on the Middle East. And absolut…”
About: Mubarak on Trial: Reading Color-coded Prison Garb
“Don, thank you for the encouragement on the coverage of Egypt. Let me return the compliment, I'm impressed by your take on the Middle East. And absolut…”
About: Mubarak on Trial: Reading Color-coded Prison Garb
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