Ahmed Aboul Gheit Author

Ahmed Aboul Gheit was born in Cairo in 1942. He began his career at the Egyptian embassy in Cyprus before later going on to become permanent representative to the United Nations (1999-2004) and Egypt's minister of foreign affairs under Hosni Mubarak from 2004 until 2011. He was elected secretary general of the Arab League in 2016. Sarah Enany, with a PhD in drama, is an assistant professor in the English Department of Cairo University. Her translation credits include the acclaimed Arabic version of Les Miserables and Kamal Ruhayyim's Days in the Diaspora (AUC Press, 2012) and Menorahs and Minarets (AUC Press, 2017).