A long-time resident of Egypt, Maria Golia is the author of non-fiction books including Cairo, City of Sand (2004) Photography and Egypt (2010), Meteorite: Nature and Culture (2015), Ornette Coleman: The Territory and the Adventure (2020), and A Short History of Tomb-Raiding (2022), all published by Reaktion Books (UK). Her Shortest History of Egypt, is forthcoming from Black Inc. Books, Australia.