Muna al-Sheemi

{{short description|Egyptian writer (born 1968)}}

mona elshimi (born 1968) is an Egyptian writer.[http://www.arabicfiction.org/author/141.html Bio]{{Cite web|url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/102112|title=الروائية منى الشيمي: كتابتي ليست "أدب بورنو".. وحجابي لا يحد من حريتي {{!}} المصري اليوم|website=www.almasryalyoum.com|language=ar-AR|access-date=2018-03-18}} She obtained a degree in archaeology from Cairo University, and currently works as a history teacher. She has published more than half a dozen works of fiction, including novels and short stories. Her work has also been published in leading Arab newspapers and magazines such as [https://www.elwatannews.com/ Al-Watan], Akhbar al-Adab and Al-Arabi.

Her latest book The Size of a Grape was nominated for the 2015 Arabic Booker Prize. Previously she was awarded the Egyptian General Authority for Cultural Palaces Prize for her novel A Colour Runaway from the Rainbow and the Story Club Prize for her novel The Weightier Scale.