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Sahar Khalifeh


Born
in Nablus, Palestinian Territory, Occupied
January 01, 1941

Genre
Fiction, Literature


Sahar Khalifeh (Arabic: سحر خليفة ; also as Sahar Khalifa in French, German, Italian) is a Palestinian writer.

She has written eleven novels, which have been translated into English, French, Hebrew, German, Spanish, and many other languages. One of her best-known works is the novel Wild Thorns (1976). She has won international prizes, including the 2006 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, for The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant.

Sahar Khalifeh is the founder of the Women's Affairs Center in Nablus. She received her B.A. degree in English & American Literature from Birzeit University (Palestine, 1977), an M.A. from the The University of North Carolina (USA, 1982) and a PhD in Women Studies & American Women’s Literature from the Uni ...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 4,212 ratings · 678 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors
Wild Thorns
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3.85 avg rating — 1,444 ratings — published 1976 — 37 editions
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My First and Only Love
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3.98 avg rating — 915 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions
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مذكرات امرأة غير واقعية
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3.50 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 1992 — 9 editions
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ربيع حار
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3.67 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 2008
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باب الساحة
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3.79 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 1994 — 13 editions
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صورة وأيقونة وعهد قديم
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3.38 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions
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The Inheritance
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3.49 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions
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أصل وفصل
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3.37 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2008
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عباد الشمس
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3.55 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions
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أرض وسماء
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3.57 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions
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