Haji Jaber

Haji Jabir (born 1976) is an Eritrean novelist. He was born in the city of Massawa on the Red Sea coast. He has published four novels till date. With the nomination of Black Foam (2018), Jabir became the first Eritrean novelist to be longlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize.

Works

• Samrawit (2012), which won the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity in 2012
• Fatma's Harbour (2013), which translated into Italian.
• The Game of the Spindle (2015), which was longlisted for the 2016 Sheikh Zayed Book Award
• Black Foam (2018), which won the Katar Novel Prize in 2019, and longlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize

He lives in Doha, Qatar.

References

• https://www.arabicfiction.org/en/node/1369
• https://arablit.org/2019/01/21/eritrean-novelist-haji-jaber-on-writing-the-stories-of-the-falasha-jews/
• https://www.shortstoryproject.com/writers/haji-jaber/
• http://www.forlitoday.it/eventi/haji-jabir-presenta-in-prima-nazionale-fuga-dalla-piccola-roma.html
• https://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/award-winning-eritrean-novelist-felicitated
• https://events.qnl.qa/event/xLEDq/EN
• https://institute.aljazeera.net/en/trainer/13