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BIOGRAPHY
Engy M. Donia is the pen name of Engy Mohammed Abd El-Aziz Hafez Donia. Born in Cairo in 1985. She is married and a mother of two boys. She graduated from Faculty of Commerce, and got a bachelor degree in business administration. However, she didn't take business as her career, and decided to walk on her family path.... Engy has grown up in a house full of books and writers, and they all loved to write about history, not just write about history, but her family took part in making history as well. During the British occupation of Egypt; Engy's great-grandfather was an officer in the Egyptian military. In 1919, he led the people of his city; Faraskour and built up resistance groups, fought the British army bravery. He succeeded in liberating his city, and all cities around it. He became the king of North Nile Delta. King Hafez Donia, ruled his kingdom wisely, until one of his friends betrayed him. His friend handed him to the British, they seized him. He faced a death sentence, but his loyalists didn't surrender or give up. They revolted against the British army. Threatened to burn down the city as they broke into the prison. Eventually, Engy's great-grandfather got his freedom. The people of the city honored him with a statue and a monument, placed in his own city and still exists till now. Later on, Engy's great-grandfather moved to Cairo, the capital of Egypt, and started a new life. He got married, had four children, one of them was the most influential figure in Engy's life; her grandfather, Abd-El Aziz. He was a brilliant historian. She still remembers the first time she asked him for a book to read, and he gave her a book about ancient Egypt. Since that day she became obsessed with ancient Egypt history. And she poured her obsession onto these pages read more |
