Which Egyptian-Irish writer, born to an Egyptian father and Irish mother, won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (the 'Arabic Booker') for her novel 'Brooklyn Heights' in 2011?

• A Miral al-Tahawy ✓
• B Ahdaf Soueif
• C Radwa Ashour
• D Salwa Bakr

Miral al-Tahawy (also known as Miral El Tahawy), a Bedouin-descended novelist from the Sharqiya Delta, became the first female writer from her background to gain international recognition — her 'Brooklyn Heights' explores the dislocation of an Egyptian immigrant woman in New York.