Liana Badr
Encyclopedia
Liana Badr is a Palestinian
novelist, and short story writer.
. She studied at the University of Jordan
. She graduated from the Beirut Arab University
with a BA in philosophy and psychology. She was an editor for Al Hurriyya.
After 1982, she moved to Damascus
, then Tunis
, and Amman
.
She returned to Palestine in 1994.
She runs the Cinema and Audiovisual department, Palestinian ministry of culture.
She was editor of Dafater Thaqafiyya.
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
novelist, and short story writer.
Life
She was raised in JerichoJericho
Jericho ; is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate and has a population of more than 20,000. Situated well below sea level on an east-west route north of the Dead Sea, Jericho is the lowest permanently...
. She studied at the University of Jordan
University of Jordan
The University of Jordan , is a government-supported University located in Amman, Jordan...
. She graduated from the Beirut Arab University
Beirut Arab University
Beirut Arab University is a private international accredited university located in Beirut, Lebanon. It was founded by the Lebanese El-Bir and Ihsan Society in 1960...
with a BA in philosophy and psychology. She was an editor for Al Hurriyya.
After 1982, she moved to Damascus
Damascus
Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...
, then Tunis
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....
, and Amman
Amman
Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...
.
She returned to Palestine in 1994.
She runs the Cinema and Audiovisual department, Palestinian ministry of culture.
She was editor of Dafater Thaqafiyya.
Works
- بوصلة من أجل عباد الشمس: رواية ؛ شرفة على الفاكهاني : قصص (Compass of the Sunflower) دار الثقافة الجديدة, 1989
- جحيم ذهبي: قصص (Hell of Gold: stories), دار الاداب، ,1991
- نجوم أريحا (Jericho Stars), دار الهلال،,1993
- زنابق الضوء (Lillies light) 1998 دار شرقيات للنشر واالتوزيع,
Works in English
- A compass for the sunflower, Women's Press, 1989, ISBN 9780704350373
- The Stars of Jericho, 1993
- The Eye of the Mirror, Translator Samira Kawar, Garner, 1994, ISBN 9781859640203; Garnet, 2008, ISBN 9781859642016
Filmography
- Fadwa: A Tale of a Palestinian Poetess. 52 min, 1999.
- Zeitounat. 37 min, 2000.
- The Green Bird. 37 min, 2002.
- Siege ( A Writer's Diary). 33 min. 2003
- The Gates are Open. Sometimes! 2006. 42 min.
- A match on Thursday Afternoon. 2006. 3 min.
- Al QUds – My City . 2010. 52 min
External links
- "Interview with Liana Badr", Nisi Magazine, Moa Geistrand, 26 September 2010
- "Liana Badr Eye of the Mirror", Art and Politics Now, January 31, 2010
- "The Mothers of the Intifada in Liana Badr's Eye of the Mirror", The South Atlantic Quarterly, Volume 102, Number 4, Fall 2003, pp. 809–823