Sahar Khalifeh

Sahar Khalifeh

Sahar Khalifeh ( _ar. سحر خليفة) is a Palestinian writer born in 1942 in Nablus of the West Bank. After teaching at the university of Birzeit, in the Palestinian occupied territories, she studied Anglo-Saxon literature in the US, at the University of Iowa, before returning to Palestine in 1988. There she founded - and runs todate - the Center for Feminine Studies. She is considered as one of the most prominent Palestinian writers. Her works include several novels and essays translated in several languages, including Hebrew, as well as non-fiction writing.

One of her best-known works is "Wild Thorns". An excerpt reads as follows:

:"'Halt!' The order came from a soldier sitting in front of the wooden walkway. Usama stopped, his heart pounding. 'Open your suitcase!' The Israeli stretched out his hand and rifled the contents. 'What's this?' 'Librium.' 'Yeah, you people are crazy about that stuff.'"

Sources

* [http://adab.chez-alice.fr/Samed/sahar.htm Bio-bibliography (in French) on the site Samed devoted to palestinian literature]
* [http://www.arabworldbooks.com/authors/sahar_khalifa.html Arab World Books]


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