Al Seidi

Al Seidi, Nevine (1961- ), was born (in Alexandria, Egypt) to Egyptian parents of French and Turkish blood.She went to the Scotch School for Girls in Alexandria, before joining the English Department at the University of Alexandria.Al Seidi obtained her BA in English Literature in 1983 (Honours), her Diploma in Technical Translation in 1986, her Diploma in Fashion Merchandising (US) in 1986 and her Diploma of Fashion Designing (UK) in 1988.She is a political writer, a published poet and an art critic.

Her most famous poem "Le Roi de Mesopotamia" earned her the title: "The Controversial Egyptian Poet".
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Published in The US, UK, Canada, Australia, India and Egypt, Al Seidi is an authoritative voice on the Middle East Crisis, Arabism and Womanism (a term she defines as the neo-feminism or superiority of women!).

Al Seidi, Nevine, Egyptian-born (1961) obtained her BA in English Literature(Honours) from Alexandria University Egypt.She grew up in an artistic literary home where her dad acted and wrote scripts while keeping a private office of law as a Solicitor.To please him, she had to read the concise version of Shakespeare at 8 for her summer holiday.She trained as a painter at 6 under the patronage of world-famous Seif Wanli.At the age of 13, she started composing poetry in both English and Arabic.She won many contests as a painter and a poet.She has been a writer to her own circle of literary society, eversince.At the age of 18, she started getting interested in fashion seriously.She was determined to follow a career in fashion albeit studing literature.Highly, interested in theology, philosophy,sociology, economics, politics and very well informed in fashion, beauty and business.She tapped into various professions, before a career in fashion that ended at the threshold of creative writing again.Her moment of initiation was the birth of her only son Omar,now3."Suddenly, the fashion world seemed a little too selfish a pursuit; motherhood anchored me to the reality of things.Unfortuanately, reality is not as beautiful as the fashion world" - She explains.She is an active journalist writer and poet with a deep interest in political and social affairs.She writes on many web sites on various subjects as well as various publications and periodicals.As a poet, she is published in the US.Some of her work appear in an anthology published by the L ibrary of Congress entitled: Nature's Echoes One of her most interesting poems is published in Millennium Poets by Cader Publisheing.The Poem is titled : Surrogate God . Though amusing, it hardly expresses the poet's belief.It is rather an expression of a mood.She is presently writing her first book: The Cultural Predicament of the Third World The Ethical vs. the Ethnical

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nevine Al Seidi, Cairo, Egyptnevinahoo@yahoo.co.ukN/AAl Seidi, Nevine (1961-), was born ( in Alexandria, Egypt) to Egyptian parents of French and Turkish blood.She went to the Scotsh School for Girls in Alexandria, before joining the English Department at the University of Alexandria.Al Seidi obtained her BA in English Literature in 1983 (Honours), her Diploma in Technical Translation in 1986, her Diploma in Fashion Merchandising (US) in 1986 and her Diploma of Fashion Designing ( UK)in 1988.She is a political writer, a published poet and an art critic.Her most famous poem "Le Roi de Mesopotamia" earned her the title: "The Controversial Egyptian Poet".Part VII went among other international poems to the White House and is included in the index of All About Poetry.Her dramatic monologue :The Prophecy of Isis, that is included in her poetry book "Shreds and Threads" ( to be published in the US for 2004),is a treatise in ruling the state, written for her son, Omar.She was the Editor-in-Chief for Cleo, a Fashion monthly magazine and Aujourd'hui L'Egypte, a Political Cultural bi-monthly.She taught creative writing classes in essay and is a Visiting Poet at the University of Alexandria.Published in The US, UK, Canada, Australia, India and Egypt, Al Seidi is an authoritative voice on the Middle East Crisis, Arabism, and Womanism ( a term she defines as the neo-feminism or superiority of women!)

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