Inaya Jaber
Inaya Jaber | |
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عناية جابر | |
 Jaber | |
| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, poet, journalist |
Inaya Jaber (Arabic: عناية جابر; born 1958, in Bint Jbeil) is a Lebanese writer, journalist, artist and singer. She has published nine collections of poetry and one collection of short stories. She lives in Beirut.[1][2][3]
Biography
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.[4][5]
In addition to writing, she is a visual artist and singer and has performed concerts internationally including in Egypt and Italy.[4]
Jaber has three adult children, all of whom live in the United States.[6] She lives in Beirut.[1]
Selected works
Short story collection
- Lā ʼaḥad yuḍīʻu fī bayrūt (No one gets lost in Beirut), 2016
Poetry collections
- 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
- ^ a b "Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Contributors - Inaya Jaber". www.banipal.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Toledo, Julio César (2010-02-08). "La traducción: Inaya Jaber". circulodepoesia.com (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ a b "عناية جابر" [Inaya Jaber]. www.abjjad.com. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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