Titles

• The Atlas of Disappearance | Atlas al khafa’ (2022)
• The Orchards of Basra | Basatin al Basra (2020)  – View details
• Shelter of Absence | Ma’wa al ghiyab (2018)
• The play of shadow | Akhyilat al zol (2017)
• The Emerald Mountain | Jabal al zoumouroud (2014)
• Towards Madness | Nahwa al jounoun (2013)
• Beyond Paradise| Wara’a al ferdaws (2009)
• Mariam’s Maze | Matahat Maryam (2004)
• Flickering Light | Daw’ mouhtaz (2001)

Biography

Mansoura is born in the Delta in Egypt in 1976. A graduate in journalism from the University of Cairo, she is today the deputy editor in chief of a cultural weekly (Akhbar al adab). Mansoura published 6 novels and 3 short story collections to date. Her work has been noticed world wide and has been translated into more than ten languages and in 2009 she was selected as one of the best 39 Arab writers under 40 by the Beirut 39 project.

Beyond Paradise was shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize (or IPAF) in 2010, making Ez Eldine the youngest writer to ever reach the shortlist.
The Orchards of Basra was long-listed for the same prize in 2022.
Emerald Mountain was winner of the Best Arabic Novel award at Sharjah International Book Fair in 2014.

In the press

“Beyond Paradise”

“Ez-Eldin’s narrative style gently dissects, she treats all characters with humanity and kindness, but with consistent honesty” — (Qantara)

“The orchards of Basra”

“This is Mansoura Ez-Eldin’s fifth novel. One of her generations most distinct and accomplished voices… A complex and deeply researched work of metafiction that draws heavily on the Arab-Islamic canon, this novel plays with notions of reality and reason” — (Al ahram)

Cessions

• The Orchards of Basra (2020)

• The Emerald Mountain (2014)