Fatima Naaot

Biography

Fatima Naoot was born in Cairo in 1964. She is the author of five poetry collections, a book of criticism, and four translated anthologies. She earned her bachelor's in architecture from Ein Al-Shams University and worked in the field for ten years. She became a full-time poet, writer, and translator. She has translated short stories by Virginia Woolf, a volume of American and English poetry, and a volume of short stories by John Ravenscroft. In 2016, she was sentenced to three years in prison for comments she made online regarding the festival of Eid Al-Adha. She was later released.

Birth Date

1964-01-01

Place of Birth

Country of Nationality

Egypt

Ain Shams University

Sources

“Fatima Naoot.” Arab World Books, https://www.arabworldbooks.com/en/authors/fatma-naoot. Accessed 1 July 2022.
 
Mourad, Mahmoud. “Egyptian Poet Goes on Trial Accused of Contempt of Islam.” Reuters, 28 January 2015, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-courts-poet/egyptian-poet-goes-on-trial-accused-of-contempt-of-islam-idUSKBN0L121M20150128. Accessed 1 July 2022.
 
Nijland, Kees. “Fatima Naoot.” Poetry International, https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poets/poet/102-9412_Naoot. Accessed 1 July 2022.
 
Thomas, Mervyn. “Egypt Writer Sentenced to Three Years Imprisonment.” CSW, 29 January 2016, https://www.csw.org.uk/2016/01/29/news/2970/article.html. Accessed 1 July 2022.