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{{Infobox person|name=Sahar Khalifeh<br />سحر خليفة|birth_place=[[Nablus]], [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate for Palestine]]|birth_date= 1941|occupation=writer, novelist, feminist |residence=[[Iowa]], USA; [[Nablus]]; Palestinian Territories|image=}}
{{Infobox person|name=Sahar Khalifeh<br />سحر خليفة|birth_place=[[Nablus]], [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate for Palestine]]|birth_date= 1941|occupation=writer, novelist, feminist |residence=[[Iowa]], USA; [[Nablus]]; Palestinian Territories|image=}}
'''Sahar Khalifeh''' ({{lang-ar|'''سحر خليفة'''}}) (born 1941 in [[Nablus]], [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]]) is a [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] writer. After studying at the University of [[Birzeit University|Birzeit]], in the Palestinian occupied territories, she received a [[Fulbright Scholarship]] and went to continue her studies in the U.S. She got an MA in English Literature from the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] and a Ph.D. in Women's Studies from the [[University of Iowa]] before returning to Palestine in 1988. She is the founder of the Women's Affairs Center in Nablus, which now has branches in [[Gaza City|Gaza]] and [[Amman, Jordan]]. She is considered one of the most prominent Palestinian writers. Her works include several novels and essays, translated into several languages, including [[Hebrew]], as well as non-fiction writing. She won the 2006 [[Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature]] for her novel ''The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant''.
'''Sahar Khalifeh''' ({{lang-ar|'''سحر خليفة'''}}) (born 1941 in [[Nablus]], [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]]) is a [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] writer.
After studying at the University of [[Birzeit University|Birzeit]], in the Palestinian occupied territories, she received a [[Fulbright Scholarship]] and went to continue her studies in the U.S. She got an MA in English Literature from the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] and a Ph.D. in Women's Studies from the [[University of Iowa]] before returning to Palestine in 1988.
She is the founder of the Women's Affairs Center in Nablus, which now has branches in [[Gaza City|Gaza]] and [[Amman, Jordan]]. She is considered one of the most prominent Palestinian writers. Her works include several novels and essays, translated into several languages, including [[Hebrew]], as well as non-fiction writing.
She won the 2006 [[Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature]] for her novel ''The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant''.


One of her best-known works is the novel ''[[Wild Thorns]]'' (1976). An excerpt reads as follows:
One of her best-known works is the novel ''[[Wild Thorns]]'' (1976). An excerpt reads as follows:

Revision as of 07:44, 29 November 2018

Sahar Khalifeh
سحر خليفة
Born1941
Nablus, British Mandate for Palestine
Occupation(s)writer, novelist, feminist

Sahar Khalifeh (Template:Lang-ar) (born 1941 in Nablus, Palestine) is a Palestinian writer.

After studying at the University of Birzeit, in the Palestinian occupied territories, she received a Fulbright Scholarship and went to continue her studies in the U.S. She got an MA in English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. in Women's Studies from the University of Iowa before returning to Palestine in 1988.

She is the founder of the Women's Affairs Center in Nablus, which now has branches in Gaza and Amman, Jordan. She is considered one of the most prominent Palestinian writers. Her works include several novels and essays, translated into several languages, including Hebrew, as well as non-fiction writing.

She won the 2006 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for her novel The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant.

One of her best-known works is the novel Wild Thorns (1976). 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.'

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