Biography:

Niam al-Baz (Mama Ni'am) (1935- ), (نعم الباز) Egyptian journalist and short-story writer. She has a column in al-Akhbar. She published the non-fiction work, al-Baquri: tha'ir taht al-'imama (al-Baquri: A Revolutionary under the Turban), in 1998. She also published a collection of her articles as ilrwjatuhum wa ana (Their Wives and I).

(From Arab Women Writers A Critical reference Guide by Radwa Ashour & Feryal Ghazoul)

Pubications: (Arabic)

• Sanawat al-hubb (The Love Years, short stories). Cairo: Akhbar al-Yawm Foundation, 1980.
• Ummat al-Rilzzaq (Nation of God the Provider, novel). Cairo: Akhbar alYawm Foundation, 1988.
• al-Aswar al-bayda' (The White Walls).