Mohamed Tonsy
Duration
5 – 18 December 2025
Mohamed Tonsy (photography, Lee Lewis)
Mohamed Tonsy is an Egyptian writer, ceramicist and bookseller at Lighthouse Bookshop. Formerly an architect and triathlete representing the Egyptian Triathlon Federation, Tonsy completed a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh. Their writing has appeared in Mizna, Epoch Press, won a Quarterly John Byrne Award and was Shortlisted for MFest’s 2021 Short Story Competition. In 2023, Tonsy was the Jameel Ceramics Fellow at the V&A in London, where they worked with clay mixed with rubble from their grandparents’ demolished neighbourhood in Cairo – Maspero Triangle. Tonsy’s debut novel, You Must Believe in Spring was published in 2022 by Hajar Press.