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Arab Women Writers

Jordan

  • Rana Azzoubi - Born 1969 in Amman. Through a Mud Wall (2006); Million Star Hotel (2007). VIDEO

  • Jameelh Amirah - Born Amman. Things Chaotic, in Banipal, Magazine of Modern Arab Literature, No. 13, Spring 2002. Trans. by Lily Al-Tai. VIDEO

  • Basma El-Nsour - Born Amman. The Man who Crossed the Street, in Banipal, Magazine of Modern Arab Literature, No. 13, Spring 2002. Trans. by Aida A. Bamia. VIDEO

  • Fadia Faqir - born 1956 in Amman. [Resides in England. Writes in English]. Works: Pillars of Salt (1996); Nisanit (1987); In the House of Silence: Autobiographical Essays by Arab Women Writers (1998); The Cry of the Dove (2007); My name is Salma (2007).

  • Samiha Khreis - Born Amman. The Poppy, in Banipal, Magazine of Modern Arab Literature, No. 13, Spring 2002. Trans. by Yasir Suleiman. VIDEO

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