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Nuha Abdullah Samara ( 1944 – June 1 , 1992 ) was a Palestinian writer, novelist, author and journalist . She was born in Tulkarm , Palestine . She is considered one of the pioneers of the Palestinian women's literary movement.
Its origin
Nuha Abdullah Samara was born in the Palestinian city of Tulkarm in 1944 , and grew up in a political family in Tulkarm ; she is the daughter of the Palestinian nationalist politician "Abdullah Samara", a member of the Palestinian Arab Congress for Tulkarm and one of the most prominent figures in the Palestinian Arab Party .
Her literary life
Nuha Samara moved to the Lebanese capital Beirut with her father, who was forced to leave Palestine because of his political activity against Israel . There in Lebanon , Nuha worked in cultural and women’s journalism since 1962. She wrote on various cultural issues and women’s affairs and wrote short stories in many Lebanese newspapers, such as An-Nahar and Al-Muharrir , among others. Before the outbreak of the 1967 Six -Day War , Samara visited her country, Palestine, accompanied by her friend Hanan Al-Sheikh .
In 1973, Samara published her first novel, “In the City of the Swamp,” which caught the attention of critics and readers. In 1975, she was forced to leave Lebanon after the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war, heading to the Qatari capital, Doha , carrying with her her two children from her husband from the “Sidawi” family, whom she married in Lebanon . A year later, she moved from Doha to London, where she stayed for two years, then moved to the French capital , Paris .
She then moved to Cyprus where she worked as head of the society and women’s section in the cultural magazine “Al Shahid” and wrote in this magazine for eight consecutive years. She also wrote in several Arab magazines, including Doha Magazine .
In Lebanon , Samara had a direct literary and social influence on several writers and authors, including the Syrian writer Ghada al-Samman , and the Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh , Hanan al-Shaykh’s beginnings in the field of writing came after she was directly influenced by her friend Samara in Lebanon , as al-Shaykh says: “At the age of fourteen, I noticed that my school friend, Nuha Samara, the Palestinian writer who later became a writer, was writing on the youth page of al-Siyasa newspaper, so I started writing too.”
Samara was one of the most prominent Palestinian writers, along with Natalie Handal , Jane Said Makdisi , Adania Shibli , Laila Al-Atrash , Naomi Shihab Nye , Nibal Thawabteh , Salma Al-Dabbagh , Hazama Habayeb , and Randa Jarrar , to whom, along with Samara, the book “An Anthology of Palestinian Women Writers” was dedicated, published in English in 2006.
Her writings
She has a number of publications, the most prominent of which are:
“In the City of the Swamp,” published by New Horizons Publishing House Beirut , 1973. [
“The Tables Lived More Than One Amin,” published by New Horizons Publishing House Beirut , 1981. [
“The Arab Woman: An Optimistic View,” published by Dar Al-Maaref for Printing and Publishing in Beirut , 1993. It was published after her death.
She co-wrote the book Qisat: Short Stories by Palestinian Women, published in English by Telegram Publishing in London in 2006.
Her death
Noha Samara died on Monday, June 1, 1992 in London after a battle with cancer , and was buried in London .
She was mourned by several Palestinian, Lebanese and Arab literary bodies, as well as by the Lebanese novelist Hanan Al-Sheikh, who said: “I was saddened when I remembered many things after her death... the death of a friend is more difficult than the death of a family member.”
Honoring her
In honor and appreciation of Nahla Samara, a memorial symposium was held after her death on June 27 , 1992 at Dar Al-Nadwa in the Lebanese capital Beirut, attended by a crowd of writers, authors, and intellectuals.
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