Haifa Bitar
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Haifa Bitar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Latakia, Syria |
| Nationality | Syria |
| Bildung | ophthalmology and surgery |
| Occupation(s) | ophthalmologist, surgeon, writer and novelist |
Haifa Basil Bitar (born 1960) is a Syrian author and ophthalmologist who has twice won the Abi Al Qassem Al Shabbi prize.
Early life
She born in the city of Latakia, Syria.[1][2][3]
Career
She is an ophthalmologist and surgeon who works at both Latakia Governmental Hospital and her private clinic.[4] She is a member of the Syrian Society of Story and Novel.
Her literary work, which includes novels and short stories, tends to focus on the lives of women in the Arab world.[5] Her work tends to feature tragic female characters whose lives are dominated by men.[5] Her 2004 book Imraʾa min Hadtha al-ʿAsr features Maryam, who has survived breast cancer, two failed marriages, was the subject of much criticism for its inclusion of the "taboo" topics of female sexuality.[5]
Her novel A Woman of Fifty addresses how women respond to the menopause.[6]
She was twice awarded the Abi Al Qassem Al Shabbi prize in Tunisia for her collections The Fallen (2000)[7] and The Whore (2003).[8][9]
Literary works
- Imraʾa min Hadtha al-ʿAsr (English: A Woman of this Modern Age), Saqi Books 2004, ISBN 1855166259 [10][11][12]
- The Whore, 2003.[13]
- Dajeej El Jassad, Arab Scientific Publishers, 2006, ISBN 9789953291406
- Women with locks, Arab Scientific Publishers, 2008, ISBN-13 978-9953874852
- Bleeding dreams, Arab Scientific Publishers, 2009, ISBN 978-9953878881
- Love Struck (short story)[9]
- A Woman of Fifty, دار الساقي للطباعة والنشر, ISBN 9786144257098[6]
- Journal of a Divorce[14][15]
- One Winged Eagle, Arab Scientific Publishers, 2010, ISBN 978-9953879291
References
- ^ "Haifa` Bitar". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ Al Lawati, Abbas (February 27, 2009). "Internet globalises Arabic literature". Gulf News. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ Habib, Shahnaz (February 17, 2009). "The Gulf". The New Yorker. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Haifa BITAR | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ a b c Hamdar, A. (2014). The Female Suffering Body: Illness and Disability in Modern Arabic Literature. United States: Syracuse University Press. p113
- ^ a b Aghacy, S. (2020). Ageing in the Modern Arabic Novel. United Kingdom: Edinburgh University Press.
- ^ "9 Short Stories by Syrian Women, in Translation". ArabLit. 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022 – via Gale.
- ^ "Haifa BITAR | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ a b Bitar, Haifa (April 1, 2014). "Love Struck". Guernica. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
translated from the Arabic by Hannah Benninger
- ^ "Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Book Reviews - A Woman of This Modern Age". Banipal. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ Aghacy, Samira (May 2016). "Reviews: The Female Suffering Body: Illness and Disability in Modern Arabic Literature". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 48 (2): 390–392. doi:10.1017/S0020743816000167 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Hamdar, Abir (Feb 2019). "Between Representation and Reality: Disabled Bodies in Arabic Literature". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 51 (1): 127–130. doi:10.1017/S0020743818001186 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Haifa BITAR | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ The Arabic Classroom: Context, Text and Learners. (2019). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. p117
- ^ مصرية (Adel), إيمان عادل-صحافية (Eman) (2020-07-05). "When I Booked a Seat in the Divorced Women's Club | Daraj". daraj.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
External links
- 2014 Opinion Piece in The New Arab Syria's pampered coast
- 2021 writing A Family of Martyrs