Soheir Khashoggi (, born 1947) is an

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

ian-born

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n novelist.

Life

Khashoggi was born in

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in 1947. Her father,

Muhammad Khashoggi Muhammad Khaled Khashoggi () (1889–1978), also spelled as Mohamed Khaled Khashoggi, was a Saudi medical doctor. He was King Abdulaziz Al Saud's personal physician. Personal life Khashoggi's remote Turkish ancestors made the Hajj from Kayseri ...

, was of Turkish origin, and the Saudi Royal physician for King Abdulaziz Al Saud, founder of the

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...

. Her family surname, Khashoggi, means "spoon maker" (''Kaşıkçı'') in the

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. Her brother was the arms dealer

Adnan Khashoggi Adnan Khashoggi (; 25 July 1935 – 6 June 2017) was a Saudi businessman and arms dealer known for his business dealings, extensive geopolitical influence, and opulent lifestyle, which earned him the moniker "''The Jay Gatsby, Great Gatsby ...

. She went to the

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.Soheir Khashoggi
Goodreads, Retrieved 1 February 2016 She is a fine artist who has a degree from Beirut's Interior Design Center.
, Interview with Rebecca Ponton, Retrieved 1 February 2016 She divorced her second husband, and her first novel ''Mirage'' was published, in 1996 in nineteen languages. She lives in New York. Khashoggi has four daughters. Her three books have been criticised by the academic Layla Al Maleh for reinforcing the American stereotypical view of Muslims and in particular Arab men. She sees the books as featuring male characters with an expectation of respect and oppressed women characters who resist but accept their position during Khashoggi's melodramatic stories.

Works

*''Mirage'', 1999 *''Nadia's Song'', 2002 *''Mosaic'', 2002

References

1947 births Living people Writers from Alexandria Saudi Arabian people of Turkish descent Soheir {{Egypt-writer-stub