Siham Bayyumi

{{Short description|Egyptian writer and journalist}}

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Siham Bayyumi ({{langx|ar|سهام بيومي}}; born 1949) is an Egyptian writer and journalist.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MB6gphBXU0kC&q=siham+bayyumi|title=Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999|last=ʻĀshūr|first=Raḍwá|last2=Ghazoul|first2=Ferial Jabouri|last3=Reda-Mekdashi|first3=Hasna|last4=McClure|first4=Mandy|date=2008|publisher=American Univ in Cairo Press|isbn=9789774161469|language=en}} She was born in Cairo and received a bachelor's degree in social science from Helwan University in 1974.{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/181138760 |title=Arab women writers: a critical reference guide, 1873-1999 |date=2008 |publisher=The American University in Cairo Press |isbn=978-977-416-146-9 |editor-last=ʻĀshūr |editor-first=Raḍwá |location=Cairo ; New York |oclc=181138760 |editor-last2=Ghazoul |editor-first2=Ferial Jabouri |editor-last3=Reda-Mekdashi |editor-first3=Hasna}} She has worked as a journalist at the Cairo newspaper Al Gomhuria, and has published works of both fiction and non-fiction. Her books include the short story collection Al-Khayl Wa-Al-Layl. Her historical novel Ayyam al-Qabbuti dealt with the excavation of the Suez Canal. Her work has been translated into Italian by Elisabetta Bartuli and appeared in a 2001 anthology titled Rose del Cairo.