Miral al-Tahawy is an award-winning Egyptian creative writer whose novels and short stories have been internationally recognized alongside her prodigious record of academic research and service.

She currently serves as an affiliate member of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, AZ, where she is also an active Associate Professor of Modern Arabic Literature and Head of Classics and Middle Eastern Studies at the School of International Letters and Cultures (SILC).