Khalifa, Sahar (1941–)

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Khalifa, Sahar (1941–)

Palestinian novelist. Born 1941 in Nablus, Palestine; Bir Zeit University, BA in English literature; University of North Carolina, MA; Iowa University, PhD in women's studies and American literature.

Studied in US, then returned to Palestine (1988) and founded Women's Affairs Center in Nablus; work, which focuses on lives of Palestinians in Jerusalem and West Bank, has been translated into many languages; writings include Lasna Jawari Lakum (1974), The Cactus (1976), Sunflowers (1980), Memoirs of an Unrealistic Woman (1986), The Door of the Courtyard (1990), and The Inheritance (1997).