Salwa Bakr

Salwa Bakr (Arabic: سلوى بكر; born 1949) is an Egyptian critic, novelist and author.

[1] She is the author of seven volumes of short stories (including The Wiles of Men, AUC Press, 1997), seven novels, and a play.

[3] In his collection of short stories by Arab writers, the Serbian literary critic Srpko Leštarić wrote: "Part of Salwa Bakr’s popularity lies in her being a counterforce to the conservative voices which challenge her work because they feel threatened by it.

Several of Bakr's books and stories have been translated into various European languages, including English, German, Spanish, French or Polish.

[1] Notwithstanding her relatively few novels or collections of short stories, she is highly regarded in Arab literary circles.