Rania Al-Hajjaj
Mentor

Rania Al-Hajjaj

Enrollment: 2020-2021

Workshop: Youth literature

Trainer: Wafa Mezghani

Outcomes: A novel

Awards:

  • The Story Club Award in Assiut, 2012 (edition of writer Naeem Al-Assiuti)
  • Ramatan Naguib Mahfouz Annual Award for Youth, 2013 (14th edition)
  • Candles of the Literary Salon Award (Neshat Sabry) - Alexandria Culture Wheel, 2013

Biography:

Rania al-Hajjaj holds a master's degree in Curricula and Methods of Teaching English Language - Cairo University in 2012. She began writing at an early age and published her first collection of short stories in 2013, titled Latte. After that, seven novels were published for adults. The Stone Woman is the first novel she wrote aimed at young people. Her short stories and literary articles have been published in magazines and on websites. She also won some literary prizes in short story.