Mahmoud El Mardi is a Sudanese novelist and award-winning visual artist based in Cairo. His multidisciplinary work explores themes of memory, migration, and human conflict, bridging the gap between narrative fiction
and abstract expressionism. A graduate of the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the Sudan University of Science and Technology and winner of the
prestigious Katara Prize for Fine Art, Elmardi is the author of acclaimed novels, including The Secret of the Chisel and Lost in the Mango Orchards. He is currently developing a large-scale narrative project titled “The Walls of Guernica.”