Arabic
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philosophy
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at the
Lebanese University
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in
Beirut
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. She has published a number of books, including short story collections and novels.
One of her short stories ''The Phone Call'' has been translated and anthologised in a collection of stories by Lebanese women writers. Two of her recent novels, ''Prayer for the Family'' and ''A Short Life'', were longlisted for the
Arabic Booker Prize
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, in 2009 and 2011 respectively.
Selected works
* ''Portraits of Forgetfulness'' (short stories)
* ''The Well and the Sky''
* ''The Land of the Snows''
* ''Days of Paris''
* ''Prayer for the Family''
* ''A Short Life''