Joumana Haddad

Joumana Haddad (Arabic: جمانة حداد‎) (born Salloum; December 6, 1970 in Beirut) is a Lebanese author, public speaker, journalist and women's rights activist.[1] She has been selected as one of the world’s 100 most powerful Arab women for four years in a row by Arabian Business Magazine (she came in position 34 in 2017), for her cultural and social activism.[2] She is founder of Jasad, a quarterly Arabic-language magazine.

Career

She's been the cultural editor of Samira newspaper, where she worked between 1997 and 2017. She also taught Joumana Haddad is on the Board[3] of Advisors of MARCH Lebanon (an NGO fighting censorship and raising awareness about the right to free expression).

In 2009, she co-wrote and acted in a movie by Lebanese filmmaker Jocelyne Saab ("What's going on?").[4]

In October 2009, she has been chosen as one of the 39 most interesting Arab writers under 39.[5]

In November 2009, she won the International Prize North South for poetry, of the Pescarabruzzo Foundation in Italy.[6] The winner of the novel prize was Austrian writer Peter Handke.

In February 2010, she won the Blue Metropolis Al Majidi Ibn Dhaher Arab Literary Prize[7]

In August 2010, she received the Rodolfo Gentili Prize in Porto Recanati, Italy.[8]

In November 2012, she received the Cutuli Prize for journalism in Catania, Italy.[9]

In July 2013, she was appointed honorary ambassador for culture and human rights for the city of Naples in the Mediterranean by the mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris.[10]

In February 2014, she was awarded the "Career Poetry Prize" by the Archicultura Foundation in Acquiterme, Italy.[11]

Haddad's magazine is the feature of a 2013 film by Amanda Homsi-Ottosson, Jasad & The Queen of Contradictions, a Women Make Movies release.[12]

Bibliography

Bibliography in Arabic

  • Invitation to a secret feast, poetry, (2008)
  • Two hands to the abyss, poetry, (2000)
  • I did not sin enough, selected poems, (2003)
  • Lilith's Return, poetry, (2004)
  • The panther hidden at the base of her shoulders, selected poems, (2006)
  • In the company of the fire thieves, Conversations with international writers, (2006)
  • Death will come and it will have your eyes, Anthology of 150 poets who committed suicide, (2007)
  • Bad habits, selected poems, (2007)
  • Mirrors of the passers by, poetry, (2008)
  • Geology of the I, poetry, (2012)[13]
  • Cages, theater, (2014)

Bibliography and translations of her books in English

  • Invitation to a Secret Feast, poetry, 2008, Tupelo Press, Vermont, USA.
  • Madinah, city stories from the Middle East, anthology, 2008, "Comma Press", Manchester, UK.[14]
  • I Killed Scheherazade, Essay, 2010, "Saqi Books", London, UK.[15] The book has been translated to French, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Croatian, Norwegian, Romanian and Arabic.[16]
  • Superman is an Arab, Essay, 2012, "Westbourne Press", London, UK.[17] The book has been translated to French, Italian, Spanish, Croatian and Arabic.
  • The Third Sex, Essay, 2015, "Nawfal", Beirut, Lebanon.

Bibliography in Italian

  • Le sette vite di Luca, Children's literature, 2011, Mondadori Junior, Milan, Italy.[18]

Bibliography in Spanish

  • Allí donde el río se incendia, Antología poética, 2005, Ediciones De Aquí, Málaga, Espana, 2006, Fundación Editorial El Perro y la Rana, Caracas, Venezuela.

Bibliography in French

  • Le temps d'un rêve, Poésie, (1995)
  • Les amants ne devraient porter que des mocassins, littérature érotique, 2010, Editions Humus.[19]

Translations into other languages

Some of Joumana Haddad's books
  • Damit ich abreisen kann, 2005, Lisan Verlag, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Cuando me hice fruta, 2006, Monte Ávila Editores, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • El retorno de Lilith, 2007, Editorial Praxis, Mexico, Mexico/ 2010, Diputacion Provincial de Malaga, Mar Remoto, Spain.[20]
  • Le retour de Lilith, 2007, Editions L’Inventaire, Paris, France/ 2011, Editions Actes Sud, Paris, France.
  • Liliths Wiederkehr, 2008, Verlag Hans Schiler, Berlin, Germany.
  • Adrenalina, 2009, "Edizioni del Leone", Venice, Italy.[21]
  • Il ritorno di Lilith, 2010, "Edizioni l'Asino d'Oro", Rome, Italy.[22]
  • Lilits återkomst, 2010, Bokförlaget Tranan, Stockholm, Sweden.[23]
  • Espejos de las fugaces, 2010, "Vaso Roto ediciones", Mexico.[24]
  • Miroirs des passantes dans le songe, 2010, « Al Dante », Paris, France.[25]
  • Las siete vidas de Luca, Literatura infantil, 2011, Vaso Roto, México, México.[26]
  • Los amantes deberían llevar solo mocasines, Literatura erótica, 2011, Vaso Roto, México, México.[27]

Personal life

Joumana was born into a conservative Syriac Orthodox family. Her mother is of Armenian extraction. She lives in Beirut with her two sons. She is a staunch atheist and critic of organised religion.[28][29][30][31][32]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "contributor". banipal.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  2. ↑ "2017List of most influential Arab women".
  3. ↑ "About Us - March Lebanon". marchlebanon.org. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  4. ↑ Jim Quilty. "The World Book Capital'scinematic ambassador on Beirut". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "Fondazione Pescarabruzzo". fondazionepescarabruzzo.it. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  7. ↑ "Home". Blue Metropolis. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  8. ↑ "ix premio Rodolfo gentili da". ning.com. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  9. ↑ "Alla poetessa Joumana Haddad il Premio Maria Grazia Cutuli". Live Sicilia. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  10. ↑ "La scrittrice Joumana Haddad ambasciatrice onoraria di Napoli - Napoli - Repubblica.it". Napoli-La Repubblica. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  11. ↑ "Premio alla carriera Città di Acqui 2014 a Joumana Haddad". tuononews.it. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  12. ↑ "WOMEN MAKE MOVIES - Jasad & The Queen of Contradictions". wmm.com. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  13. ↑ "Nwf.com: كتاب· الجيم-جمانيات: جمانة حداد:كتب". neelwafurat.com. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  14. ↑ "Madinah". commapress.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  15. ↑ "I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman: Amazon.co.uk: Joumana Haddad: 9780863564277: Books". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  16. ↑ "JOUMANA HADDAD News AND EVENTS". ikilledscheherazade.com. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  17. ↑ "Superman Is an Arab,By Joumana· Haddad. Westbourne Press, £8.99". The Independent. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  18. ↑ "MONDADORI 100617208 - Letteratura per Ragazzi - ePrice". eprice.it. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  19. ↑ "Amazon.fr - Les amants ne devraient porter que des mocassins-Haddad Joumana, Patricia Nik-Dad-Livres". amazon.fr. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  20. ↑ "El retorno de Lilith - 9788477858447 - ATRIL - La Central - Barcelona - 2015". lacentral.com. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  21. ↑ "Kikah كيكا". kikah.com. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  22. ↑ "Haddad Joumana - Il ritorno di Lilith". ibs.it. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  23. ↑ "Bokus bokhandel: Handla böcker online - billigt, snabbt & enkelt!". bokia.se. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  24. ↑ "Vaso Roto Ediciones". vasorotoediciones.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  25. ↑ "miroirs des passantes". lecomptoirdiff.com. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  26. ↑ "LAS SIETE VIDAS DE LUCA. UN CUENTO ECOLÓGICO - Laie". laie.es. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  27. ↑ "Vaso Roto Ediciones: Los amantes deberían llevar solo mocasines". vasorotoediciones.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  28. ↑ "Sex and the Souk". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  29. ↑ Aida Edemariam. "Joumana Haddad: 'I live in a country that hates me'". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  30. ↑ Joumana Haddad (26 March 2013). "Why am I an atheist?". mmedia.me. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  31. ↑ Kaelen Wilson-Goldie. "Joumana Haddad: A writer who loves to be hated". thenational.ae. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  32. ↑ Joumana Haddad. "Political program".
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