Born in 1977, Sahar Mandour is a Lebanese-Egyptian journalist and author. She studied psychology in Beirut and journalism in London, where she obtained a master’s degree in media studies in 2015. From 1998 to 2017 she worked for the Lebanese daily newspaper As-Safir focussing on the legal and social situation of women, social movements and cultural production in Lebanon, Egypt, and Palestine. She is the author of four novels, I’ll draw a star on Vienna’s forehead, 2007/ 1st ed. La Cedetheque, 2nd ed. Dar Al-Shorouq, Beiruti love, 2009, Dar Al-Adab, 32, 2010, Dar Al-Adab (‎Syracuse University Press, 2016, transl. Nicole Fares), and Mina, Dar Al-Adab, 2012. She is currently a Researcher for Amnesty International Lebanon and Jordan.