The Egyptian Assassin

Ezzedine C. Fishere is a visiting professor at Dartmouth College, where he teaches Middle East politics and cultures. An acclaimed Egyptian writer and academic, Fishere's extensive diplomatic experience includes the Egyptian Foreign Service; the United Nations missions in the Middle East and East Africa; acting as a policy adviser to the Egyptian foreign minister; a senior political adviser to the United Nations Missions in Sudan under Kofi Annan; a senior political advisor to the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) in Jerusalem; and head of the political section at the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv. He also directed the Arab-Israeli project at the International Crisis Group. Seven of Fishere's novels have been published in Arabic, two of which have been nominated for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (often referred to as the Arabic Booker Prize) including Embrace on Brooklyn Bridge (Hoopoe/AUC Press.) A Pan-Arab TV adaptation of the Arabic publication of The Egyptian Assassin entitled, Abou Omar El-Masry, aired in 2018. The Egyptian Assassin is his second novel to be published in English.