Safaa Fathy
صفاء فتحي
Born(1958-07-17)July 17, 1958
Minya, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian
Websitehttp://safaafathy.org/en/

Safaa Fathy is an Egyptian poet, documentary filmmaker, playwright, and essayist. She is best known for her film Derrida's Elsewhere, a documentary which focuses on the life and concepts of controversial philosopher Jacques Derrida.

Early life and career

Fathy was born in Minya, Upper Egypt on July 17, 1958. She studied English literature in Cairo. Fathy participated in the student movement while in Egypt but later left the country and settled in Paris in 1981. In 1987, she was an assistant director at the Deutsches Theater located in East Berlin. Fathy worked with Heiner Muller in 1990.[1] She completed her doctoral thesis at the Sorbonne in 1993;[2] her thesis was on Bertolt Brecht. Before becoming a filmmaker, Fathy worked as a stage director.[1]

Currently she serves as director of programme at the International College of Philosophy in Paris.[2]

Selected works

Poetry

Collections

In collective volumes

Theatre

Ordalie ; Terreur (2004, ISBN 9782872823796)

Books

Essays and other writings

On philosophy and politics

On poetry, theatre, cinema

Selected filmography

Documentary

Fiction

References

  1. ^ a b Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab women filmmakers. Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press. pp. 72–80. ISBN 9789774162688.
  2. ^ a b "Safaa Fathy". Safaa Fathy. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  3. ^ Handal, Nathalie (2001). The poetry of Arab women : a contemporary anthology. New York: Interlink Books. ISBN 9781566563741.
  4. ^ Derrida, Jacques; Fathy, Safaa (2000). Tourner les mots : au bord d'un film. Paris. ISBN 9782718605401.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Cavitch, Max (2021). Specters of Translation: Jacques Derrida, Safaa Fathy, and Nom à la mer. Oxford Literary Review 43.2: 209-48.

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