8 Beautiful Quotes from Ahdaf Soueif

Novelist and Commentator Ahdaf Soueif was born in Egypt on 23^rd March 1950. She has since spent her life living between England and Egypt.

When Soueif first came to England at the age of four, it was with her Mother who was studying for her PHD in English Literature. She spent these early years surrounded by her Mother’s extensive library of English classics and world literature in translation. She believes this early introduction to reading, is why she writes her novels in English.

Ahdaf Soueif was the first Muslim woman to be shortlisted for the Booker prize for her novel “The Map of Love” (US – UK). Her work has been translated into 21 languages and sold over a million copies worldwide.