The young woman said she was “dizzy with happiness” from Rowling's reply and that “Egypt, maybe I should say Egypt's ignorant people, had discouraged us for so many years. It's time to stand up.”

Later that day Rowling was approached by another aspiring writer seeking her advice. They wrote: “My dream is to be a writer, but my parents always say that this is not a worthy profession, what I do to change this?”

The author, who faced financial struggles as a single mother while writing the first book in the Harry Potter series, replied with the following inspiring tweet:

“Turn their laughter into fuel” J.K. Rowling offers inspiring advice to young writers