Biography

Haytham el-Wardany is a writer who was born in Cairo in 1972. His third collection of short stories is currently in print with Merit Publishing House, Cairo. He received the Best Newcomer of the Year Sawiris Prize for literature in 2005 and has participated in a number of art projects in Berlin and in Cairo, including fast umsonst for NGBK Galerie, Berlin (2006). He lives in Berlin.