Noor Naga is a Canadian-Egyptian[1] writer, most noted for her 2022 novel If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English.[2]
Naga was born in Philadelphia[3][4] and spent time living in Charleston, South Carolina, until at age seven,[5] she and her family moved to Dubai.[3][4] She received a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto.[6] Naga presently lives in Cairo.[7]
Naga received the Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s,[6] as well as the Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman Graduate Scholarship and Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship from the University of Toronto.[6]
CBC included Naga's Washes, Prays in their "Best Canadian Poetry of 2020" list.[8] If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English received positive media responses, as well. TIME included it on their list of "100 Must-Read Books of 2022,”[9] and BuzzFeed listed it as one of their "Best Books of 2022."[10] Kirkus Reviews also included it on their "Best Fictional Voices of 2022" list.[11]
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