- Betool Khedairi
Infobox Person
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name = Betool Khedairi
birth_date = 1965
birth_place =Baghdad ,Iraq
death_date =Betool Khedairi (born
November 27 ,1965 inBaghdad ,Iraq ) is a novelist born to anIraq i father and Scottish mother. [ [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/betool_khedairi/profile.html Comment is free: Betool Khedairi Profile ] ] [ [http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=15582 Betool Khedairi - Authors - Random House ] ] She is most known for her debut novel, "A Sky So Close" which has been published in numerous languages such as Arabic, English, Italian, French and Dutch. The novel was first published in Lebanon in 1999 and is often used as the subject of literary critique studies in various international universities.She received a BA in
French literature in 1988 from theUniversity of Mustansiriya inBaghdad , and then she used to divide her time between Iraq, Jordan and the United Kingdom while working in her family’s business; in the food industry.She has lived in Iraq up until she was 24 and now resides in
Amman ,Jordan .Bibliography
* "A Sky So Close"
* "Absent"References
External links
* [http://www.betoolkhedairi.com/ Official Site]
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