Mohammed Abu Zaid

Mohammed Abu Zaid established the cultural writing site in early 2007 as the first Egyptian cultural site to publish story, poetry and criticism. It is interested in cinema and plastic arts, to give an opportunity for the new generations who might find difficulties to publish. Over the past 12 years, the site has been able to prove that it is the voice of all literary works.

Mohammed Abu Zaid (Arabic: محمد أبو زيد) (born 4 May 1980), an Egyptian poet and a novelist. He was born in Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt. He published his first collection "A Hole in the Air as Tall as My Height" (original text: "thqab fi alhawa'") in 2003, published by the General Authority for Cultural Palaces. Then he published a number of collections such as “Praise The Forest " (original text: "mdih alghaba") published by the authority of the Egyptian General Book Authority, "People Sitting Around the Water " (original text: qawm juluws hawlahum maa'a")," "Mdihamtan", and "A Plague Putting One Leg Over the Other, Looking at the Sky" (original text: taeun yadae saqaan fawq al'ukhraa wayan'dur lilsama). He also published a novel entitled "The Impact of the Prophet" (original text: 'athar alnabi) published by Dar Sharqiyat, and a children's book entitled "Maryam's Mint" (original text: "neinaeat mariam") published by the book Qatar Al-Nada, and a book on the art of writing entitled "The Rabbit Out of the Hat" (original text: al'arnab kharij alqubea) published by the Hindawi Foundation for Education and Culture. He also participated in a number of poetry conferences in Egypt and around the world.