13 Published BooksEzzedine C. Fishere
Ezzedine C. Fishere is an Egyptian-American novelist whose work explores the intersections of politics, identity, and everyday life in the modern Middle East.
He is the author of nine novels, three nominated for the Arabic Booker (the International Prize for Arabic Fiction), with two adapted into acclaimed television dramas. A former diplomat in Cairo, Jerusalem, and Khartoum, he was a prominent voice of the Tahrir Uprising before going into voluntary exile in the United States in 2016. He now teaches Middle Eastern politics at Dartmouth College.
