Hala Al Badry is an Egyptian novelist, and journalist. Al Badry is the former chairman and editor-in-chief of the radio and television magazine, and president of the Egyptian branch of PEN International. She was born in Cairo in 1954 and completed her studies at Cairo University, where she studied business and then obtained a diploma in journalism in 1988. She worked for Rose El-Youssef magazine from 1972 to 1980, reporting from Baghdad for five years. From 1980 until 2014, she worked as a journalist for the radio and television magazine. In 2002 she was a guest of honour at the Algeria Book Fair. Al Badry helped set up a variety of publications, including the Iraqi Women’s magazine and Noon magazine in Cairo. She lectures at Assiut University, the Center for Arab Studies in Fayoum, Ain Shams University, and Helwan University.