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ANTONIUS, Soraya
Birth date:
Birthplace: Jerusalem
Education:
Professional Career: Antonius' books are historical novels set in Palestine
just prior to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.
Works
- The Lord. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1986.
BADR, Liana
Birth date: 1952
Birthplace: Jerusalem
Education: B.A. Philosophy and Psychology, Beirut Arab University.
Professional Career: Liana Badr has been writing books since 1959 and is
noted for a lyrical style which is in strong contrast to the realist writing of
other contemporary Palestinian writers.
Works
- The Eye of the Mirror. 1991 UK: Gannet, 1996, trans.
- Balcony Over the Fakahani (3 novellas) NY: Interlink, 1993, trans.
- A Compass for the Sunflower. 1979, UK: Women's Press, 1989, trans.
KHALIFA, Sahar
Birth date: 1941
Birthplace: Nablus, Palestine
Education: B.A. Bir Zeit University; M.A. University of North Carolina/Chapel
Hill, Ph.D., Iowa University.
Professional Career: Khalifa is considered the first feminist Palestinian
writer; her books have been translated into many languages.
Works
- The City Gate. 1990.
- Wild Thorns. 1975. London: Al Saqi Books, 1984, trans.
- The Inheritance. 1997.
- Memoirs of an Unrealistic Woman. 1986.
- The Sunflower. 1980.
- We Are No Longer Your Slaves. 1974.
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