Bahaa Taher

Bahaa Taher
Bahaa Taher in 2009
Born(1935-01-13)January 13, 1935
DiedOctober 27, 2022(2022-10-27) (aged 87)
OccupationWriter
LanguageArabic Language
NationalityEgyptian
Alma materUniversity of Cairo
GenreNovels
Notable awardsInternational Prize for Arabic Fiction(IPAF) (2008)

Bahaa Taher (Arabic: بهاء طاهر; 13 January 1935 – 27 October 2022), sometimes transliterated as Bahaa Tahir, Baha Taher, or Baha Tahir, was an Egyptian novelist and short story writer who wrote in Arabic. He was awarded the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2008.