حنان الشیخ

Hanan al-Shaykh

Hanan Al-Shaykh is a Lebanese journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. Al-Shaykh was born into a conservative Shia' Muslim family. She received her primary education in Beirut, and later she attended the American College for Girls in Cairo. Al-Shaykh began her journalism career in Egypt before returning to Lebanon. She has also lived in Saudi Arabia and is currently residing in London. Her short stories and novels feature primarily female characters in the face of conservative religious traditions set against the backdrop of political tensions and instability of the Lebanese civil war.

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