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Nourah Al Saad

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Nourah Al Saad
Native name
نورة آل سعد
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Doha, Qatar
Education

Nourah Al Saad (born 1964, Doha) is a Qatari writer and academic.[1][2][3]

Biography

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Nourah Al Saad received a Bachelor of Education from the Department of Arabic Language at Qatar University in 1985 and then a Master of Arts in the Department of Arabic Language from the University of Jordan in 1992.[2][3]

Her articles[4] have appeared in Al Raya newspaper.

Writing

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Al Saad has published work since the 1980s, and began publishing short stories in newspapers. She compiled seven of these short stores for her first collection, The Newspaper Seller, which was published in 1989.[5][6]

In 2005, Al Saad published two books of literary criticism: Voices of Silence: Essays on the Qatari Story and Narrative, an analysis of Qatari writers, and Abdul Rahman Munif's Experience in Salt Cities, which analyzed the Syrian writer Abdul Rahman Munif.[7]

Al Saad's 2010 novel, al-Aridah, follows a family from Doha through Qatar's political changes in the 20th century.[3]

Works

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  • Wa tawāṣaw bi-al-ḥaqq [And seek the truth]. 2003. OCLC 642721088. (collection of articles)
  • al-ʻArīḍah [The Petition]. 2010. OCLC 689543588. (novel)

Literary criticism

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Short story collections

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References

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  1. ^ "ISNI 0000000121361583 Al Saad, Noura ( 1964- )". ISNI. 2021-09-27. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  2. ^ a b "نورة آل سعد | جائزة كتارا للرواية العربية" [Noura Al Saad | Katara Prize for Arabic Novel]. kataranovels.com. 2019-10-27. Archived from the original on 2019-10-27. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  3. ^ a b c Allam, Fayez (2020-09-27). "رواية من قطر... "العريضة"" [A Novel from Qatar... "The Petition"]. Raseef 22. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  4. ^ Al Saad, Nourah. "Writer". Al Raya Newspaper.
  5. ^ a b Tawfiq, Hassan (2007-10-21). "نورة آل سعد.. من نقد القصة والرواية إلي نقد الشعر" [Noura Al Saad.. From story and novel criticism to poetry criticism]. Raya News (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  6. ^ a b Tawfiq, Hassan (2007-02-10). "نورة آل سعد تؤكد أنها لا تتحيز لإبداع نون النسوة". Raya News (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  7. ^ a b "إصدارات أدبية جديدة للمجلس الوطني للثقافة والفنون بقطر". Al Jazeera (in Arabic). 2005-09-22. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  8. ^ "Writer". OCLC 63681125 – via WorldCat.
  9. ^ Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999. p. 270. Retrieved 2024-12-18.