"Three cities run in my veins: Jerusalem, which I consider to be the place of my soul’s identity and existence; Jericho, the city that colors my heart and my passion; and Hebron, which I believe is the source of my creative imagination and my personal archive of popular folk tales, like those about Al-Shater Hassan."
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Women born in the 1950sWomen authorsPoets from PalestineNovelists from PalestineShort story writers from Palestine
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Interview with Words Without Borders (2016) Translated from the Arabic by Suja Sawafta.
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