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Short stories, how much do you love them?
Well, I do
I have 3, I'm gonna add them during the coming days.
But first here's a little info on the writer..
Non other than Hadia Said..
Here r some info as taken from her official site, which's here:
Hadia Said
Hadia Said
* Born and studies in Beirut
* Started work as a trainee with the Lebanese press when she was still at university
* Moved to Baghdad to be with her husband during the seventies and worked with the press there and headed different departments at “Alef Baa” magazine
* Returned to Beirut when the political situation in Iraq finished the National Front
* Lived through part of the Lebanese civil war in the early eighties and worked at “Al Safeer” Newspaper
* Moved to Morocco because of the war in Lebanon and worked in the press in one of the most important newspaper “Al Alam” and “Communist Union” newspaper.
* Wrote novels and stories and scenario for TV and Radio drama as well as the Documentaries.
* Well known in most of the Arab countries through her weekly articles and short stories that appeared in magazines.
* Her first novel, “Black Grove” took the prize of “Al Katiba” magazine and some of her TV and documentary work got different prizes.
* Published some short stories: The Port’s Swing – Ya Leil – Women outside the Script – Moon’s Troke.
* Asked by the Amnesty International/Arabia Publishers, to write a short story about the International Agreement to stop all racism against women under the title “Book of Aida”.
* She has a daughter and a son and lives now in London since 1993 working with Arab press.
* She does voluntary work with the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture and held many Arabic Cultural evenings to raise money for this foundation.
* A permanent gust at the weekly cultural programme “Papers”, which broadcast from BBC where she supervises a competition for short stories written by new authors and reads and discuss one every week.
* Some of her short stories translated to French, English German.
* Well known critics such as Edward Al Kharrat, Ghaleb Halasa, Yumna Al Eid,Mohammed Barada,Abbas Baydoun and Bashir Al Qamary, wrote about her work.
* Some of her work presented as a paper at a Moroccan University under the supervision of Dr. Rashida Ben Masoud.
* A new book titled, “My life with the Iraqi Fear” about her experience during her time in Iraq, soon to be published by “Dar Al Saqi”.
* She works at “Sayidaty” magazine as a member of the Editorial team and in charge of the Cultural Department.
You can find an Arabic version of those info on the site.
OK to the first story which I'll be adding it in a separated reply.
I haven't read it my self, so I tought we all may enjoy it together.
Enjoy in advance.
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