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List Of Palestinian Women Writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Palestine or whose writings are closely associated with that region. A *Umayya Abu-Hanna (born 1961), Palestinian-Finnish journalist, columnist, novelist * Hiba Abu Nada (1991-2023), Palestinian poet and novelist *Lama Abu-Odeh (born 1962), Palestinian-American educator, non-fiction writer *Refqa Abu-Remaileh (fl 2000s), academic and non-fiction writer *Susan Abulhawa (born 1970), Palestinian-American best selling novelist, human rights activist, author of ''Mornings in Jenin'' *Samira Azzam (1927–1967), short story writer, broadcaster, translator, political activist B *Liana Badr (born 1950), novelist, short story writer * Ibtisam Barakat, Palestinian-American memoirist, poet, educator, author of ''Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood'' (2007) D *Selma Dabbagh (born 1970), British-Palestinian short story writer, novelist, playwright with a strong focus on Palestine E *Laila el-Haddad (born 1978), Kuwaiti-born Palestinian j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palestine (region)
Palestine ( el, Παλαιστίνη, ; la, Palaestina; ar, فلسطين, , , ; he, פלשתינה, ) is a geographic region in Western Asia. It is usually considered to include Israel and the State of Palestine (i.e. West Bank and Gaza Strip), though some definitions also include part of northwestern Jordan. The first written records to attest the name of the region were those of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt, which used the term "Peleset" in reference to the neighboring people or land. In the 8th century, Assyrian inscriptions refer to the region of "Palashtu" or "Pilistu". In the Hellenistic period, these names were carried over into Greek, appearing in the Histories of Herodotus in the more recognizable form of "Palaistine". The Roman Empire initially used other terms for the region, such as Judaea, but renamed the region Syria Palaestina after the Bar Kokhba revolt. During the Byzantine period, the region was split into the provinces of Palaestina Prima, Pal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salha Hamadin
Salha Hamadin () is a Palestinian writer of the Jahalin Bedouin tribe. She lives in the West Bank. In 2012, when she was 14 years old, her story ''Hantush'' won the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Personal life Hamadin is a Jahalin Bedouin living in Wadi Abu Hindi, in Area C of the West Bank. She is the daughter of Souleiman, a prisoner in Israel. Writing In 2012, when she was 14 year old, Hamadin wrote ''Hantush;'' a story about a girl called Salha who lives in the occupied West Bank and whose family's home is demolished by a military bulldozer. Salha asks her pet lamb Hantush take her away from Palestine. The lamb takes Salha to Spain where she meets football player Lionel Messi. The story won the Hans Christian Andersen - Fairy Tale Bay competition. She wrote the story after encouragement at a workshop delivered by Italian organisation Vento Di Terra and the Tamer Institute for Community Education The Tamer Institute for Community Education is a non-profit non-govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amal Mansour
Amal Murshid Abu Mansour ( ar, أمل منصور) (; 1950 – 31 October 2018) was a Palestinian-Jordanian author and translator to Arabic from English who focused on the genres of education, mathematics, science fiction and science. She had previously worked for the Kuwait Credit and Savings Bank and was secretary for the library of the Executive Office for Occupied Land Affairs in Amman. Mansour was murdered by stabbing in late 2018. Life and career Mansour was born in 1950, in Shweika, which is located in the Tulkarm municipality of Palestine. She was the daughter of the commerce worker Murshid Abu Salah. Mansour was educated at Tulkarm Primary School before going on to be taught at Al-Asma'i School and completed her secondary education at Al-Adawiya Secondary School for Girls in the West Bank. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language and Literature. Mansour first developed an interest in children's literature when she was taken by her school teacher t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurayyā Malḥas
Thurayyā 'Abd al-Fattāḥ Malḥas (1925 – February 23, 2013; ) was a Palestinian poet and academic. She is considered a pioneer of free verse poetry among Palestinian women writers. Early life and education Thurayyā Malḥas was born 1925 in Amman, in what was then the Emirate of Transjordan. She attended primary school in Amman, then moved to Jerusalem at age 15 and completed secondary school there. She spent time as a student at al-Ahliyya National School for Girls in Beirut, alongside fellow future creative figures such as Saloua Raouda Choucair, with whom she became close friends. In 1945, Malḥas graduated from the American Junior College for Women, now Lebanese American University, with an associate's degree. She then studied Arabic and education at the American University of Beirut, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1947 and a master's degree in 1951. Later in the 1950s, she traveled to the United Kingdom to continue her studies at SOAS University of London. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Said Makdisi
Jean Said Makdisi (born 1940) is a Palestinian writer and independent scholar, best known for her autobiographical writing. Life Jean Said Makdisi was born in Jerusalem to a Palestinian family. The younger sister of Rosemarie Said Zahlan and Edward Said, she was raised in Egypt and educated in the United States and England. She married a Lebanese academic, Samir Makdisi. They lived in America before moving to Beirut in 1972, where she taught English and Humanities at the Beirut University College. ''The Knowledge Workshop'', alwarsha.org. They remained in Beirut throughout the and the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dima Khatib
Dima Khatib ( ar, ديمة الخطيب) is a Syrian-born journalist, poet and translator. She is the Managing Director of AJ+, an award-winning digital news service in English, Arabic and Spanish launched by Al Jazeera Media Network in San Francisco, USA. She is currently the only female executive director within the Al Jazeera group and one of few female leaders in the Arab media sphere. Biography Khatib was born in Damascus to a Syrian mother and a Palestinian father. Khatib speaks eight languages (Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, German). She joined Al Jazeera back in 1997 as a junior intern in broadcast journalism to become a producer, correspondent in China and then Latin America Bureau Chief before making a total shift to internet journalism in recent years. Career Khatib has been classified among the most influential Arabs on Social Media. She received attention during Arab revolutions for providing frequent updates and commentary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahar Khalifeh
Sahar Khalifeh ( ar, سحر خليفة) (born 1941) is a Palestinian writer. She has written eleven novels, which have been translated into English, French, Hebrew, German, Spanish, and many other languages. One of her best-known works is the novel '' Wild Thorns'' (1976). She has won numerous international prizes, including the 2006 Naguib Mahfouz literature medal for The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant. Biography Sahar Khalifeh was born in Nablus, Palestine, the fifth of eight girls in her family. Khalifeh reflects “I learned that I was a member of a miserable, useless, worthless sex. From childhood, I was taught to prepare myself for the risks associated with being a woman.” In childhood, Khalifeh found creative outlets like reading, writing, and painting. She was married off against her will shortly after finishing high school in Amman. She describes her 13-year marriage as “miserable and devastating” and did not write during this period. She once again found refuge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghada Karmi
Ghada Karmi ( ar, غادة كرمي, ; born 1939) is a Palestinian-born academic, physician and author. She has written on Palestinian issues in newspapers and magazines, including ''The Guardian'', ''The Nation'' and ''Journal of Palestine Studies''. Early life and education Karmi was born in Jerusalem to a Muslim family. Her father, Hasan Sa'id Karmi was Palestinian while her mother was Syrian; she was the youngest child with an older brother and sister. In her 2002 autobiography, ''In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story'', she describes growing up in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Katamon, with its mixture of Palestinian Christians and Muslims. Among the family friends and neighbors was poet Khalil al-Sakakini and his family. Her family fled Jerusalem for Damascus in April 1948; their villa was taken by Israel. The family eventually settled in Golders Green, in London, where her father worked for the BBC Arabic Service as a translator and broadcaster. Karmi studied medicine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rula Jebreal
Rula Jebreal ( ar, رولا جبريل, he, רולא ג'בריל; born April 24, 1973) is a Palestinian foreign policy analyst, journalist, novelist and screenwriter with dual Israeli and Italian citizenship. She was a commentator for MSNBC. Early life and education Jebreal was born in Haifa, Israel, to Nigeria-born Sufi imam Othman Jebreal and Zakia, and grew up in Jerusalem. Her father was an imam and groundskeeper at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Her mother, who suffered from severe abuse in her childhood, committed suicide by walking into the sea and drowning when Jebreal was 5. She and her sister Rania were put into the Dar El-Tifel orphanage by their father, in 1978, until 1991. She was raised in the orphanage, and regards its founder, Hind Husseini, as her teacher and mother, crediting her with saving her life. In 1993, she received a scholarship from the Italian government to study at the University of Bologna, where she graduated with a degree in physiotherapy. Career Jour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salma Jayyusi
Salma Khadra Jayyusi ( ar, سلمى الخضراء الجيوسي; born 1926 or 1927) is a Palestinian poet, writer, translator and anthologist. She is the founder and director of the Project of Translation from Arabic (PROTA), which aims to provide translation of Arabic literature into English. Life Salma Khadra Jayyusi was born in Safed to a Palestinian father, the Arab nationalist Subhi al-Khadra, and a Lebanese mother. Attending secondary school in Jerusalem, she studied Arabic and English literature at the American University of Beirut. She married a Jordanian diplomat, with whom she travelled and raised three children.Personality of the Month: Salma Khadra Jayyusi ''This Week in Palestine'', Issue No. 114, October 2007. Accessed 11 September 2012. In 1960, she published h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annemarie Jacir
Annemarie Jacir ( ar, آن ماري جاسر) is a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and producer. Career Filmmaker She has been working in independent cinema since 1998 and has written, directed and produced a number of award-winning films. Two of her films have premiered as Official Selections in Cannes, one in Berlin and in Venice, Locarno, Rotterdam, Toronto, and Telluride. All three of her feature films were selected as Palestine's Oscar Entry for Foreign Language Film. Her short film, ''like twenty impossibles'' was the first Arab short film to ever be an official selection of the Cannes International Film Festival and went on to be a Student Academy Awards Finalist, winning more than 15 awards at International festivals including Best Film at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, Chicago International Film Festival, Institute Du Monde Arabe Biennale, Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival, and IFP/New York. ''like twenty impossibles'' was named one of the ten be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huzama Habayeb
Huzama Habayeb ( ar, ْحُزَامَة حَبَايِب ) is a Palestinian novelist, storyteller, columnist, translator, and poet who has won multiple awards such as Mahmoud Seif Eddin ِAl-Erani Award for Short Stories, Jerusalem Festival of Youth Innovation in Short Stories, and Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature. Upon graduating from Kuwait University in 1987 with a BA. degree in English language and Literature, she pursued careers in journalism, teaching, and translation before she eventually started to write professionally as a published author. She is a member of both the Jordanian Writers Association and the Arab Writers Federation. Personal life Habayeb was born on June 4, 1965, in Kuwait, where she also grew up and studied. She obtained her B.A. in English Language and Literature from Kuwait University in 1987. Forced by the Gulf War that erupted a few years after her graduation, Habayeb—along with her family members—moved to Jordan and settled there for ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
