10.17192/meta.2018.11.7826 Nader, Sam Sam Nader Basma Abdelaziz - A Portrait Middle East - Topics + Arguments : Vol 11 (2018) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2018 Human rights' activist Egypt Basma Abdelaziz PTSD Trauma fiction Torture Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) 2018-11-26 2018-11-13 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2018/229/7826 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2018-229-78264 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2018/229/7826/7826.png 2196-629X application/pdf https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 I saw Basma Abdelaziz for the first time on March 15th, 2018. She was discussing her book Huna badan (Abdelaziz). Since that day, over a period of four months, I have read five of her books. I have also started following her Facebook page and reading her weekly newspaper column. Each one of her works added to my knowledge about a certain subject, made me think about an issue from a different point of view, or made me feel the pain of a certain group of people. I hope that by drawing this portrait of her, I may introduce her to new readers who may benefit from her writings as I did. Aside from this personal reason that may seem quite subjective, many objective reasons make me want to present her work in this portrait. 2196-629X Middle East - Topics + Arguments Vol 11 (2018)