Faqir, Fadia, 1956-
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Name (Latin)
Faqir, Fadia, 1956-
Other forms of name
Faqīr, Fādiyah, 1956-
Date of birth
1956-08-21
Associated country
Great Britain
Jordan
Field of activity
Drama
Fiction
Novels
Short stories
Occupation
Novelists
Authors
Dramatists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Pillars of salt, 1997:title page (Fadia Faqir) page 4 of cover (born in Amman, Jordan in 1956; she teaches Arabic literature at Durham University)
- Wikipedia, August 10, 2016(Fadia Faqir (Arabic: فادية الفقير = Fādiyah Faqīr) is an Arab British author. Faqir was born in Amman in 1956 and educated in Jordan and England. She gained her BA in English Literature from the University of Jordan, Amman, before going in 1984 to Britain where she completed an MA in creative writing at Lancaster University. The University of East Anglia awarded her the first Ph.D. in Creative and Critical Writing in 1990; novels: Nisanit; Pillars of Salt; My Name is Salma; At the Midnight Kitchen; has also published play scripts and short stories; her work is written in English; currently Writing Fellow at St Aidan's College, University of Durham)
- Her Nisanit, 1987:t.p. (Fadia Faqir) jkt. (b. 1956)
- OCALC
Wikipedia description:
Fadia Faqir (Arabic: فادية الفقير) is a Jordanian British author and academician, involved in human rights issues. She was born in Amman, Jordan, and her father is from Jordan, of the tribe Al-Ajarmah. But her mother is Circassian.
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