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- Comment: too much WP:SELFPUB. She was afairy 09:10, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
Salwa Jarrah سلوى جراح | |
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Born | 1946 Haifa, Mandatory Palestine |
Alma mater | Al-Hikmah University (BA) |
Salwa Jarrah (born 1946 in Haifa) is a Palestinian broadcaster and author known best for her work with BBC Arabic.[1]
Early life
editJarrah was born in Haifa to a Palestinian family from Akka in 1946.[1][2][3] As a result of the large-scale exodus of Palestinians during the 1948 Nakba, Jarrah grew up in Basra, Iraq.[2][3] Her father, Zanoun Anis Jarrah, worked in the petroleum industry in Palestine and Iraq and published the book, My Country, My Family, and I, in which he recounted the history of Akka and the Jarrah family.[2] According to Jarrah, her father maintained the dream of returning home to Akka throughout his life and was buried with "a handful of Akka's soil under his cheek."[2]
Jarrah graduated with bachelor's degree in English Literature from Al-Hikmah University in Baghdad.
Career
editAfter graduating from university, Jarrah worked as a translator for the Iraq Petroleum Company and the Iraqi Radio and Television Corporation.[4] She subsequently joined the BBC Arabic Service in 1977,[1][5] where one of her first pieces covered the death of Elvis Presley.[3] During her time at the BBC, Jarrah made significant contributions as a broadcaster and program-maker, eventually rising to the position of senior producer in 1989, a position she held until her retirement in 1999.[1] She was responsible for creating and presenting a wide range of programs, including Question and Answer, Oasis, and Listeners' Forum.[1][3] Through her work, Jarrah was aquatinted with the prominent Syrian poet and diplomat Nizar Qabbani.[1]
As a budding talent in the late 1970s, Jarrah emerged as a pioneering female figure in Arab broadcasting, and her time in the BBC Arabic Service coincided with a shift toward the greater representation of women in broadcasting in the Arab world.[5][6] Indeed, Salwa Jarrah, along with other pioneering female Arab broadcasters such as Madiha Rashid Al-Madfai and Huda Al-Rasheed, is credited for helping establish a precedent for women in the Arab world to get into the fields of broadcasting, journalism, and radio.[5][6] In 1994, Jarrah produced the first BBC sex education program under United Nations sponsorship.[1][3][5][7] In the 20 series program, titled, About Sex Frankly, Jarrah traveled to five Arab countries and gave platforms to medial professionals and academics to discuss sexual issues and engage in conversations often considered taboo in the Arab world.[3][5] In 2018, Jarrah participated in a BBC program commemorating the 80th anniversary of BBC Arabic.[8]
Books
editJarrah has written several Arabic-language novels, most notably, Rocks on the Shore, Insomnia (Beirut: Dar Al-Intishar Al-Arabi, 2009), and The Fifth Season, which draws upon her broadcasting experiences.[1][4] Her first novel, Chapter Five, published in 2005, was based loosely on her own life and tells the story of a Aida Oran, an Iraqi working in broadcasting.[3][4][9] Her subsequent novel, Beach Rocks, published in 2007, describes the story of a Palestinian boy in the city of Akka, the "city of the Jarrah family," in the early 20th century, evoking themes of loss, dispossession, and displacement.[1][4] Some of Jarrah's more recent works include Without Two Shores (2012), A Picture Still in Water (2014), and Narrow Doors (2016).[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Jarrah, Salwa (25 October 2011). "Excerpt translated from Insomnia". Taylor & Francis. Vol. 26, no. 4. p. 67. doi:10.1080/02690055.2011.607653. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d Jarrah, Salwa (15 March 2024). "Zanoun Jarrah… The father died with a handful of Akka's soil under his cheek". Times for Palestine. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g عيّاد, فتات (6 October 2022). "ذكريات جيل "بي.بي.سي" الذهبي..سلوى جراح لـ"المدن":بدأتُ يوم رحل "الملك"" [Memories of the Golden BBC Generation...Salwa Jarrah to Al-Modon: It began the day the King passed away]. Al Modon (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e فُسْحَة (2017-04-13). "لقاء مع الروائية سلوى جراح | حيفا" [An interview with the novelist Salwa Jarrah Haifa]. فسحة - ثقافية فلسطينية. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "رائدات بي بي سي عربي: نساء كسرن النمطية وتحدين التابوهات" [BBC Arabic pioneers: Women who break stereotypes and challenge taboos]. Elaph (in Arabic). 29 January 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ a b Msaddek, Houcine (2021). "BBC Arabic (1938-1995): Soft Power or Reithian Practice Abroad?". OpenEdition.org. doi:10.4000/rfcb.7056. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Populi, Volume 21". Populi. 21. United Nations Fund for Population Activities. 1994.
- ^ "BBC Arabic celebrates 80 years of broadcasting". BBC Arabic. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ الجراح, سلوى (23 January 2018). "أولغا جويدة بين "شط العرب" و"التيبر" و"التيمز"" [Olga Juwaida between the Shatt al-Arab, the Tiber, and the Thames]. BBC Arabic. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- Living people
- 1946 births
- 20th-century journalists
- 21st-century novelists
- 20th-century Palestinian women
- 21st-century Palestinian women writers
- Palestinian expatriates in Iraq
- Palestinian journalists
- Palestinian novelists
- Palestinian women journalists
- Palestinian women novelists
- Palestinian refugees
- People from Basra
- People from Haifa
- Refugees in Iraq