​Alexandra Kinias

​Alexandra Kinias

Alexandra Kinias is a screenplay writer, novelist and women rights advocate. She is the co-author of the controversial movie Cairo Exit.  Banned from screening in Egypt, Cairo Exit was screened in Dubai, Toronto, Munich, and Tribeca Film Festival and won Best Non European Film in the European Independent Film Festival in 2011. Her screenplay ‘Leila’s World’ was short listed in Rawi Screenwriter’s Lab in 2010. Her articles are published in various newspapers, magazines and blogs in Egypt and the U.S. Her English published fiction Black Tulips is inspired by her life growing up in a male dominant society. Her Arabic book Cleopatra and her Sisters, is a satirical collection of stories about women’s relationships in Egypt.​​​ Kinias is the founder and chief editor of the Online-Magazine "Women of Egypt".