Hier volg 'n lys van Egipteanse skrywers: Ahmed Shawki (1868–1932) Hafez Ibrahim (1872–1932) Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti (1876-1920) Salama Moussa (1887–1958) Edwar al-Kharrat (1926-2015) Taha Hussein (1889–1973) Fekry Pasha Abaza (1896–1979) Taufik ad-Hakim (1898–1987) Munira Thabit (1902–1967) Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1909–1956) Abo El Seoud El Ebiary (1910–1969) Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) Edmond Jabès (1912–1991) Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920–2002) Andrée Chedid (1920–2011) Moustafa Mahmoud (1921-2009) Fathy Ghanem (1924–1998) Anis Mansour (1925–2011) Yusuf Idris (1927–1991) Mohammad Moustafa Haddara (1930–1997) Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) Samir Amin (1931– ) Fawzia Fahim (1931– ) Nawal El Saadawi (1931– ) Salama Ahmed Salama (1932–2012) Sonallah Ibrahim (1937– ) Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi (1938–2015) Leila Ahmed (1940– ) Gamal Al-Ghitani (1945– ) Ahmad Al-Khamisi (1948- ) Ahdaf Soueif (1950– ) Ibrahim Elfiky (1950-2012) Laila Soliman (1981– ) Ahmed Khaled Tawfik (1962–2018) Affaf Tobbala (1941-) Hussein Bassir (1973-) Muhammad Aladdin (1979-) Lys van Suid-Afrikaanse skrywers