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Mishka Mojabber Mourani

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Mishka Mojabber Mourani, née Marie Christine Mojabber (born 1953) is a Lebanese poet.

Mishka Mojabber Mourani was born in Alexandria, the second daughter of a Greek mother and Lebanese-Syrian Christian father.[1] The family moved to Beirut when she was ten. A little later they emigrated to Sydney, Australia, where she completed high school and entered Sydney University. She completed a BA and MA in English Literature at the American University of Beirut. She spent most of the Lebanese Civil War in Beirut, teaching English and working as an educational consultant.[2]

Work

  • Lest We Forget 1975-1990, 1991
  • 'The Fragrant Garden', in Roseanne Saad Khalaf, ed., Hikayat: Short Stories by Lebanese Women, 2006
  • Balconies: A Mediterranean Memoir, 2009
  • (with Aida Y. Haddad Alone Together, 2012

References