Inaya Jaber (Arabic: عناية جابر; 1958 – 10 May 2021)[1] was a Lebanese writer, journalist, artist and singer. She has published nine collections of poetry and one collection of short stories. She lived in Beirut.[2][3][4]

Inaya Jaber
عناية جابر
Jaber
Born1958 (1958)
Died10 May 2021 (aged 62–63)
Occupation(s)Writer, poet, journalist

Biography

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Jaber was born in 1958 in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon. She studied at the Lebanese University and at the Lebanese National Conservatory of Music. She wrote a weekly column in al-Quds al-Arabi (London) for over twenty years and was also a contributor to the Lebanese newspaper al-Safir, writing on arts and culture.[5][6]

In addition to writing, she was a visual artist and singer and has performed concerts internationally including in Egypt and Italy.[5]

Jaber has three adult children, all of whom live in the United States.[7] She lived in Beirut.[2]

Selected works

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Short story collection

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  • Lā ʼaḥad yuḍīʻu fī bayrūt (No one gets lost in Beirut), 2016

Poetry collections

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  • ʻArūḍ al-ḥadīqa (The garden's prosody), 2011
  • Lā ʼaḵwāt lī (I have no sisters), 2009
  • Jamīʻ ʻasbābinā (All of our reasons), 2006
  • Sātān ʼabyaḍ (White satin), 2002
  • Ṯumma ʼinnanī mašḡūla (Also, I'm busy), 2000
  • ʻAstaʻaddu lil-ʻašāʼ (I'm getting ready for dinner), 1999
  • ʼUmūr basīṭa (Simple matters), 1997
  • Mizāj ḵāsir (A losing mood), 1995
  • Ṭaqs al-ẓullām (Ritual of darkness), 1994

References

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  1. ^ مبتدا (2021-05-11). "وفاة الأديبة والشاعرة اللبنانية عناية جابر". www.mobtada.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  2. ^ a b "Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Contributors - Inaya Jaber". www.banipal.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  3. ^ Fawaz, Ali Hussein (2015-09-30). "اللبنانية عناية جابر… قصائد المزاج وغواية الجسد والكلام" [Lebanese Inaya Jaber .. Poems of mood, seduction of the body, and speech]. القدس العربي Alquds Newspaper. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  4. ^ Toledo, Julio César (2010-02-08). "La traducción: Inaya Jaber". circulodepoesia.com (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. ^ a b "عناية جابر" [Inaya Jaber]. www.abjjad.com. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  6. ^ Jaber, Inaya (March–April 2018). "I have the right to be a stranger". World Literature Today. 92 (2). Translated by Karen McNeil and Miled Faiza: 18–19. doi:10.7588/worllitetoda.92.2.0018. S2CID 166075393.
  7. ^ Antone, Ibtissam (2012-03-06). "فنجان ثقافة | حوار مع الاعلامية الشاعرة الفنانة عناية جابر لبنان" [A Cup of Culture: Interview with Lebanese poet, writer and media personality Inaya Jaber]. الغزال al-Ghazal. Retrieved 2018-04-29.