of engagement with repatriating artworks. In June 2013, Soueif and numerous other celebrities appeared in a video showing support for Chelsea Manning. Political views In December 2019, along with 42 other leading cultural figures, Soueif signed a letter endorsing the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in the 2019 general election. The letter stated that "Labour's election manifesto under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership offers a transformative plan that prioritises the needs of people and the planet over private profit and the vested interests of a few." In 2020, Soueif was arrested for demanding the release of political prisoners during the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt. Bibliography Aisha, London: Bloomsbury, 1983. In the Eye of the Sun, NY: Random House, 1992. Sandpiper, London: Bloomsbury, 1996. The Map of Love, London: Bloomsbury, 1999. trans. of I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti. NY: Anchor Books, 2003. Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground, NY: Anchor Books, 2004. I Think of You, London: Bloomsbury: 2007 Cairo: My City, Our Revolution, Bloomsbury, 2012 Literary awards In a review of Egyptian novelists, Harper's Magazine included Soueif in a shortlist of "the country's most talented writers." She has also been the recipient of several literary awards: 1996: Cairo International Book Fair: Best Collection of Short Stories (Sandpiper) 1999: Nominated: the Booker Prize ("The Map of Love") 2010: Inaugural Mahmoud Darwish Award 2011: Cavafy Award 2011: Named in The Guardian′s Books Power 100 Literary criticism Marta Cariello: "Bodies Across: Ahdaf Soueif, Fadia Faqir, Diana Abu Jaber" in Al Maleh, Layla (ed.), Arab Voices in Diaspora. Critical Perspectives on Anglophone Arab Literature. Amsterdam/New York, NY, 2009, Hb: Chakravorty, Mrinalini. "To Undo What the North Has Done: Fragments of a Nation and Arab Collectivism in the Fiction of Ahdaf Soueif." In Arab Women's Lives Retold: Exploring Identity Through Writing, edited by Nawar Al-Hassan Golley, 129–154. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2007. References External links Official website Biography and critical perspective, British Council. Diary of an Egyptian Rebel, The Guardian, 4 February 2011. "Cairo, Hers Again", Guernica, February 2012. 1950 births Living people Egyptian novelists Egyptian expatriates in England Arabic–English translators Alumni of Lancaster University Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Female writers from Cairo