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•	Liana Badr
•	Sahar Khalifeh
•	Anton Shammas
•	Yahya Yakhluf

Writings
Badr published her first novel in Beyrouth in 1979, "A Compass for the Sunflower". She has also published short story collections, novellas, a children’s book, a poetry collection, and a book about poet Fadwa Touqan. Her works have been translated into a number of languages. Her works mainly focus on themes of women and war, and exile. Her style has been described by the Times Literary Supplement as "defy the laws of fictional gravity", and "densely lyrical".

1979: "A Compass for the Sunflower" : بوصلة من أجل عباد الشمس
This first novel was published by Dar Ibn Ruchd in Beirut, to wide acclaim. Its lyrical style broke away from the mold of the Palestinian realist novel, and its focus on a woman’s life from Palestine, to exile in Amman and Beirut, against the backdrop of turbulent political events and catastrophes, challenged the linear, male dominated literary output of the time.
It was translated in 1989 by the Women’s Press in the UK, and in 1992 into French by Metropolis in Geneva

1983: ( stories of love and pursuit) :قصص الحب والملاحقة
This short story collection was published in Aden, Yemen in 1983 by Dar el Hamadani

1983: "Balcony Over the Fakahani" : شرفه على الفكهاني
This collection of three novellas was published in Damascus by Dar el Alam and in 1990 by Dar el Thaqafa el Jadida in Cairo, and Dar el Nawrass in Jerusalem.
It interweaves the narratives of two women and one man recounting their successive uprootings: 1948 from Palestine, 1970 from Jordan, and 1982 from Beirut. The novellas evocative and contrapuntal style allows the reader to glimpse the joy and despair of lives rooted in exile and resistance. It was translated in 1993 into English by Interlink, NY.

1989 (I want the day): أنا أريد النهار
This short story collection was published by Dar el Hiwar in Damascus, and by Dar el Aswar in Acre in 1986.

1991:The Eye of the Mirror:عين الوراة
Published by Tobgal in Morocco, this epic novel is based on seven years of research into Palestinian women refugees oral history. The book tells the story of Aicha’s life and loves in Tel Zaatar, before and after the massacre. The book was translated into English in 1996 by Garnet, in the UK, and into Dutch

1991: (Golden Hell) : جحيم \هبي
This short story collection was published by Dar el Adab in Beirut.
1993: (Stars of Jericho)
This acclaimed novel was published in Cairo by Dar el Hilal.

1996: (Fadwa Touqan- the shadow of narrated words) : نجوم أريحا
This book was published by Dar el Fata el Arabi in Cairo. It is an interview/memoir of poet Fadwa Touqan.

Liana Badr has also published five children’s books from 1980 to 1991 & a poetry collection in 1997.

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