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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Sahar Khalifeh (born in Nablus in 1941), is one of the most important Palestinian female novelists. She married at an early age in an traditional marriage; After thirteen years of frustration and disappointment, she decided to break free from this marriage and devote her life to writing. She returned to continue her undergraduate studies, earning a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in Women's Studies and American Literature. Her writing style is transparent, deep and simple. And its characters and atmosphere come to life and movement. I have worked in the field of women's rights for more than 30 years. She is currently free to write.
her novels
So far I have written 11 novels. Her first novel, “We Are No Longer Neighbors to You” (1974), caused a great resonance because of her defense of women’s freedom, but Sahar did not notice literary recognition until after the publication of her second novel, “The Cactus” (1976). Most of her novels have been translated into Hebrew, French, German, Dutch, English, Italian, Spanish, Malay, Greek, Norwegian and Russian.
She won many Arab and international awards, the most important of which are: the Alberto Moravia Prize for Literature Translated into Italian, the Cervantes Prize for Literature Translated into Spanish, the Naguib Mahfouz Award for her novel Image, Icon and an Old Testament, and the Simone de Beauvoir Award, which she rejected for patriotic reasons in 2009.
Also issued:
(We are no longer your neighbors) M (1974)
(The Cactus) (1976)
(Sunflowers) (1980)
Diary of an Unreal Woman (1986)
Gate of the Square (1990)
(The Inheritance) (2002)
(Image, Icon and Old Testament) (2002)
Hot Spring (2004)
(Origin and Chapter) (2009)
(My First Love) (2010)
Earth and Sky (2013)
In her fictional work, Sahar Khalifa expresses her deep belief that women's awareness of feminism is an integral part of her political awareness, and she shows us in her novels, in a convincing artistic style, that the struggle of Palestinian women and the ordeals they go through are part of the general Palestinian political struggle for liberation. Her narrative style is sensitive, frugal, and transparent; Although she writes in fluent Arabic, she has an amazing ability to borrow Palestinian colloquialisms and their colloquial expressions when the state of dialogue in the novel requires. Her novel, My First Love, is considered one of her most beautiful novels, as it talks about a burning love that tries to stand firm in the time of revolutions...
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She was born in Nablus and studied at Al-Khansa School, a private school in Jerusalem, and the Rosary Sisters School in Amman. She holds a BA in English Literature from Bir Zeit University. She obtained a master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States of America in 1983. She obtained a Ph.
her job
Novelist, writer, researcher and feminist Sahar Adnan Khalifa enjoys an Arab and international presence. She worked at Birzeit University as director of cultural activities for three years, director of the Public Relations Department from 1976-1978, and editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief of “Ghadeer” magazine published by the university from 1974-1977. She founded and managed the Al Hanan Model School in Nablus (1966-1969), then worked as a translator. At the Nigerian Embassy in Tripoli - Libya 1973-72. After that, she worked as a translator at the North African Insurance Company in Tripoli - Libya 1970-1972.
In 1988, she established the Center for Women and Family Affairs in Nablus and still manages it, as well as the publications issued by the center. Since 1997, she has been implementing the production of the center's television education programme, and she founded and managed the Women's Affairs Center in Gaza from 1991-1994. She published her first novel (We Are No Longer Neighbors to You) in 1974 on Dar Al-Maarif in Cairo and Al-Adab - Beirut, and it was turned into a radio series in (Al-Sharq Al-Awsat) Cairo. And to a TV series in Cairo in 1982. Her second novel (The Cactus) was published in 1976 by four publishing houses in Jerusalem, Damascus and Beirut. It has been translated into French, German, English, Dutch, Indonesian, Spanish, Italian and Hebrew. Her third novel, Sunflowers, was published in 1980 by four publishing houses in Jerusalem, Damascus and Beirut. And it has been translated to the languages: frensh, German, Holand, Italian, Spanish and Hebrew. Her fourth novel (Memoirs of an Unrealistic Woman) was published in 1986 by Dar Al Adab - Beirut and was translated into German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish. Her fifth novel (Bab Al-Saha) was published by Dar Al-Adab - Beirut and was translated into German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish. Her sixth novel (The Inheritance) was published in 1996 by Dar Al Adab - Beirut and was translated into French and German. She gave lectures in several European countries and a number of American states.
It was said about her
Writer Nabih Al-Qasim says: “Laila Alloush, Samira Al-Khatib, Sahar Khalifa, and Laila Karnik are creators who have enriched the nation with their distinctive creativity.”
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