Abdelrahman is a Dietrich Fellow at the MFA in Creative Writing program, nonfiction genre, at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, USA.
During his MFA, he is working on a memoir of his incarceration experience.
Achievements and Writing Recognitions
Public Narrative: Leaderships, Storytelling, and Action — Harvard Kennedy School
December 2021
Awarded a certificate of completion for Harvard Kennedy's Public Narrative program with a scholarship.
Centered around crafting compelling narratives, the programs works on how to implement storytelling to effectively mobilize people and initiate change through impactful stories of self, us, and now.
Finalist for Margolis Award
December 2021
A finalist for Margolis award for nonfiction writers of social-justice journalism, 2021
Logan Nonfiction Fellowship
June 2021
One of 24 nonfiction writers, journalists, and film makers at risk, picked from a wide pool of applicants across the globe.
As a Logan Nonfiction Program fellow, ElGendy worked on a collection of essays documenting his experience as a political prisoner in Egypt.
Lesser Amman Library Writing Residency
May 2020
One of four members selected from a pool of 127 candidates across the Arab world, for a four-week residency to continue researching, producing and developing new or existing creative writing projects, under the mentoring of curator Sarah Rifky.