Ibtisam Ibrahim Teresa (

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

: ابتسام ابراهيم تريسى) (born 1959) is a Syrian novelist and short story writer. She studied Arabic at

Aleppo University University of Aleppo (, also called Aleppo University) is a public university located in Aleppo, Syria. It is the second largest university in Syria after the University of Damascus. During 2005–06, the university had over 61,000 undergraduate ...

. She has published five novels and two short story collections. Her novel ''The Eye of the Sun'' was longlisted for the

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in 2011.

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1959 births University of Aleppo alumni Syrian novelists Syrian women short story writers Syrian short story writers Living people 20th-century Syrian women writers 20th-century Syrian writers 21st-century Syrian women writers 21st-century Syrian writers {{Syria-writer-stub