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Haifa Bitar

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Haifa Bitar
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Latakia, Syria
🏳️ NationalitySyria
🏫 Educationophthalmology and surgery
💼 Occupation
ophthalmologist, surgeon, writer and novelist

Haifa Basil Bitar (born 1960) is a Syrian author and writer, who was born in the city of Latakia, Syria.[1][2][3] She is an ophthalmologist and surgeon who works at both Latakia Governmental Hospital and her private clinic. She is a member of the Syrian Society of Story and Novel.

Literary works[edit]

  • Imraʾa min Hadtha al-ʿAsr (A Woman of this Modern Age), 2004.[4][5][6]
  • The Whore, 2003.[7]
  • Dajeej El Jassad.
  • Women with locks.
  • Bleeding dreams.
  • Love Struck[8]

Awards[edit]

  • She was awarded the Abi Al Qassem Al Shabbi prize in Tunisia for her collection The Fallen (2000)[9]
  • She was awarded the Abu Al-Qasem Al-Shabi Prize in Tunisia for her collection [‘The Whore’] in 2003.[10][non-primary source needed]

References[edit]

  1. "Haifa` Bitar". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  2. Al Lawati, Abbas (February 27, 2009). "Internet globalises Arabic literature". Gulf News. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. Habib, Shahnaz (February 17, 2009). "The Gulf". The New Yorker. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  4. "Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Book Reviews - A Woman of This Modern Age". Banipal. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. "Haifa BITAR | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  8. Bitar, Haifa (April 1, 2014). "Love Struck". Guernica. Retrieved 21 April 2022. translated from the Arabic by Hannah Benninger
  9. "9 Short Stories by Syrian Women, in Translation". ArabLit. 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022 – via Gale.
  10. "Haifa BITAR | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-19.


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