Mohja Kahf
Poet and scholar Mohja Kahf was born in Damascus, Syria. Her family moved to the United States in 1971, and Kahf grew up in the Midwest. She earned a PhD in comparative literature from Rutgers University and is the author of the poetry collections Hagar Poems (2016) and Emails from Scheherazad (2003) and the novel The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (2006).
Kahf’s experiences growing up in the United States shaped her perceptions of the differences and similarities between the cultures of her home and adopted countries. Her poetry is an amalgam of both Syrian and American influences; Lisa Suhair Majaj commented in ArteNews that Kahf’s work “draws on American colloquialisms and Quranic suras; it is informed not only by American free verse … but
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سنان أنطون
شاعر وروائي وأكاديمي ولد في بغداد عام ١٩٦٧. حصل على بكالوريوس في الأدب الإنكليزي من جامعة بغداد. هاجر بعد حرب الخليج ١٩٩١ إلى الولايات المتحدة حيث أكمل دراساته وحصل على الماجستير من جامعة جورجتاون عام ١٩٩٥ والدكتوراه في الأدب العربي من جامعة هارڤارد بامتياز عام ٢٠٠٦.
نشر روايته الأولى"إعجام" عام ٢٠٠٣ وتُرجمت إلى الإنكليزية والنرويجية والبرتغالية والألمانية والإيطالية . نشر روايته الثانية "وحدها شجرة الرمان" عام ٢٠١٠ وترجمها بنفسه إلى الإنكليزية وفازت الترجمة بجائزة بانيبال-سيف غباش عام ٢٠١٥ لأفضل ترجمة أدبية من العربية. نشر روايته الثالثة "يا مريم" عام ٢٠١٢ ووصلت إلى القائمة القصيرة للجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية. وصدرت ترجمتها الإسبانية عام عن دار نشر ترنر في مدريد عام ٢٠١٤. صدرت روايته الرابعة "فهرس" في بداية عام ٢٠١٦. له مجمو -
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Maria Iordanidou
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Γεννήθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1897 και έζησε τα παιδικά της χρόνια στον Πειραιά και το Βατούμ της Ρωσίας. Φοίτησε σε ρωσικό γυμνάσιο, στη Σταυρούπολη, όπου τη βρήκε η Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση. Το 1919 γύρισε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και λίγο αργότερα πήγε στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου παντρεύτηκε τον Ιορδάνη Ιορδανίδη. Το 1923 επέστρεψαν μαζί στην Αθήνα, αλλά σύντομα ο Ιορδανίδης έφυγε.
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Emily R. Austin
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Edward W. Said
(Arabic Profile إدوارد سعيد)
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