The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents:
A Writer From Meedan al-Tahrir
كاتبة من ميدان التحرير
by Hala al-Badry — هالة البدري
Born in Cairo in 1954, Hala El Badry graduated from Cairo University and is now deputy editor-in-chief of Egypt’s radio and television magazine. “A Certain Woman”, her fourth novel, was awarded the prize for the best novel of 2001 at the Cairo International Book Fair.
Recorded October 21, 2011