Ahmad Harb
Ahmad Harb | |
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أحمد حرب | |
Harb in 2023 | |
| Born | 25 November 1951 Ad-Dhahiriya, Hebron Governorate, Palestine |
| Died | 7 February 2025 (aged 73) |
| Occupations | Writer and novelist |
Ahmad Harb (Arabic: أحمد حرب, romanized: Aḥmad Ḥarb; 25 November 1951 – 7 February 2025)[1] was a Palestinian writer and novelist. He was the chairman of the judging committee for the State of Palestine Awards in Literature, Arts and Humanities for the year 2019.[2]
Biography
Harb was born in Ad-Dhahiriya, Hebron Governorate, Palestine, on 25 November 1951. He was educated at University of Jordan, where he was awarded a Bachelor of English literature in 1974. He then obtained master's and PhD from University of Iowa. He worked at Birzeit University in 1987 and The Independent Commission for Human Rights in 2006.[3]
Works
He published more than 5 novels, including:[4][5]
- Ḥikāyat ʻĀʼid (Arabic: حكاية عائد), 1981
- Ismāʻīl (Arabic: إسماعيل), 1987
- al-Jānib al-ākhar lʼrḍ al-maʻād (Arabic: الجانب الآخر لأرض المعاد), 1994
- Baqāyā (Arabic: بقايا), 1997
- al-Ṣuʻūd ilá al-miʼdhanah (Arabic: الصعود إلى المئذنة), 2008
- Mwāqd al-dhikrá (Arabic: مواقد الذكرى), 2023
References
- ^ "وفاة الأكاديمي والروائي الفلسطيني الدكتور أحمد حرب". archive.ph (in Arabic). 2025-02-07.
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help)CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "جائزة فلسطين التقديرية عن مجمل الأعمال لرشاد أبو شاور وعز الدين المناصرة وفهمي جدعان". www.al-ayyam.ps (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
- ^ "الدكتور أحمد حرب المفوض العام للهيئة المستقلة لحقوق الإنسان "ديوان المظالم"". www.ichr.ps (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
- ^ "مواقد الذكرى.. رواية جديدة لأحمد حرب". tadween.alhadath.ps (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
- ^ "ملتقى فلسطين يكرم الروائي احمد حرب-الحياة الجديدة". www.alhaya.ps (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2023-07-23. Retrieved 2025-10-06.