Najwa Kawar Farah (Arabic: نجوى قعوار فرح), (April 30, 1923 - August 1, 2015) was a Palestinian educator and writer.[1]
Najwa Kawar Farah | |
|---|---|
نجوى قعوار فرح | |
| Born | Najwa Kawar April 30, 1923 |
| Died | August 1, 2015 (aged 92) Toronto, Canada |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, educator |
She was born Najwa Kawar in Nazareth and was educated there, later attending the Teachers' Academy in Jerusalem. She taught school in Nazareth. She married Reverend Rafiq Farah[1] in 1950;[2] the couple produced the magazine al-Ra'id in 1967. Farah also wrote articles for the press and for radio. She lived in Haifa until the mid-1960s, when she left the region.[1]
The family moved to Jerusalem in 1965, then to Beirut in 1977 and to London in 1986. Since 1998, they lived in Scarborough in Ontario, Canada.[2]
She died on August 1, 2015 in Toronto, Canada.[3]
- 'Abiru al-sabil (The passersby), short stories (1954)
- Durub masabih (Lamp paths), short stories (1956)
- Mudhakkirat rihla (Memoirs of journey), autobiography (1957)
- Sirr Shahrazad (Sheherazade's secret), play (1958)
- Malik al-majd (King of glory), play (1961)
- Li-man al-rabi'? (Who owns spring), short stories (1963)
- Silsilat qisas li-I-ashbal (A series of stories for young ones), children's literature (1963–65), 3 volumes
- Intifadat al- 'asafir (The sparrow's uprising), short stories (1991)
- Sukkan al-tabiq al- 'ulwi (The people upstairs), novel (1996)
References
edit- ^ a b c d Ashour, Radwa; Ghazoul, Ferial (2008). Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999. American University in Cairo Press. pp. 220, 382–83. ISBN 978-1617975547.
- ^ a b "The Ven. Rafiq Farah". Church of St. Andrew, Scarborough. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015.
- ^ "Najwa Farah". Washington Post. August 23, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via legacy.com.
External links
edit- "Najwa Kawar Farah - A Personal Voyage".
- Robson, Laura (Summer 2014). "The Making of Palestinian Christian Womanhood: Gender, Class, and Community in Mandate Palestine" (PDF). Journal of Levantine Studies. 4 (1): 41–63. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
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