Sahar KhalifehSahar Khalifeh, born in Nablus in 1941, is an acclaimed Palestinian author. She is hailed as a feminist writer and has written eleven novels, which have been translated into English, French, German, Spanish, and many other languages. She has won numeous international prizes, including the Naguib Mahfouz for Literature for The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant. Aida Bamia is a literary translator and professor emeritus of Arabic language and literature at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where she lives. Read More Read Less