Khaled al-Berry

Khaled al-Berry (born June 27, 1972) is an Egyptian writer and journalist.

Al-Berry received a degree in medicine from Cairo University and moved to London in 1999. Former BBC news host Liliane Daoud, then a student of sociology at Lebanese University, Lebanese University professor Waddah Sharara, and Lebanese editor of An-Nahar Mohammed Abi Samra encouraged him to write the book. The first edition of the book was published in July 2001 as a series of articles posted in the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar. He struggled with censorship in trying to print the book, and one print shop refused to print because of a sex scene contained within the book. In 2012, he participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.

Al-Berry was married to former BBC host Liliane Daoud for 6 years and had a daughter with her. He witnessed Daoud's deportation under Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2016 and posted online about the incident.

Works

Life Is More Beautiful Than Paradise: A Jihadist's Own Story (2009) Negative An Oriental Dance (2010)