Seif El Nasr, Mohamed: - Mohamed Seif El Nasr grew up in Cairo, Egypt, attended the Collège de la Sainte Famille du Caire, received his bachelor's degree in history and political science from the American University in Cairo, and worked for over a decade in corporate banking before changing paths and pursuing a career in writing. His published work includes several historical and political pieces in Mada Masr, Mondoweiss, Truthout, and elsewhere. Then He Sent Prophets is his first novel.