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Fadwa Al-Qassem

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  • Country of residence: Canada
  • Gender: Female
  • Born in: 1962
  • Age: 59
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Fadwa Al-Qasim (1962 Lebanon) is a Palestinian writer with Canadian citizenship. She has published a number of short stories in Arab literary periodicals, in addition to two short story collections and a translated novel.

She was born in Lebanon, she is Tripolitan by birth, but in fact she is of Palestinian origin and holds Canadian citizenship. She speaks four languages (Arabic, English, French and Spanish). She first arrived in Dubai in 1984 and has lived there for 20 years.

She holds a BA in English literature from Britain.

She has published a number of short stories in Arab literary periodicals, such as the Beirut Literature Journal, Cairo Literature News, the London-based Al Quds Al Arabi newspaper, and the Emirati Culture Supplement in Al Bayan. She also published her stories in English as part of an anthology in Britain, as well as her translation of short stories.

Among her books:
The smell of cardamom - Dar Sharqiyat 2005
The moment of Exodus from Paradise - Dar Sharqiyat 2011

short stories:
The first tree after the flood
Opinion - this poor kid!
From wandering to Jerusalem
Text - oriental spices
I'm in bed.

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