Akram Msallam' (Arabic: أكرم مسلّم) (born 1971) is a

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novelist. He was born in the village of

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and studied

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. He has published two novels. He has also edited the diaries of the Palestinian scholar

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. Msallam was a participant in the 2010 IPAF Nadwa.

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1971 births Palestinian novelists Living people People from Talfit Birzeit University alumni {{Palestine-writer-stub