Nidaa Khoury

Nidaa Khoury
Born 1959
Occupation Arabic poet

Nidaa Khoury is an Arabic poet who was the first Arab-Israeli poet to be included within the literature Bagrut curriculum in Israel.[1][2]

Personal life

Nidaa Khoury was born in 1959 in Upper Galilee, a small village in the Fassuta district, Palestine. She gained a degree in Philosophy however she then went on to become a notable Arabic poet. She is married with four children.[3]

Poetic works

She has published seven books of poetry.[4]

Her poetic works include: The Prettiest of Gods Cry (2000); The Culture of Wine (1993); The Belt of Wind (1990); Braid of Thunder (1989); Declaring My Silence (1987).[4]

Other

She is also an active participant in human rights and has participated in over 30 international human rights conferences and literary festivals. These include: The Conference of Arab Poets in Amsterdam; The Conference of Human Rights and Solidarity with the Third World in Paris; The Poetry Festival of Jordan; The Napoli Conference on Human Rights.[5]

She also works for The Forty Association, an organization that works towards securing human rights of the unrecognized Arab provinces in Israel.[4]

She is currently a lecturer at Ben Gurion University.[6] She works in the Department of Hebrew Literature.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "10 Middle Eastern writers you should know". Al Monitor. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Meniv, Omri. "First Israeli-Arab Poet to be Included in Israeli Lit Curriculum". al-monitor.com. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Nidaa Khoury". VQR Online. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Nidaa Khoury". World Poetry Movement. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Nidaa Khoury". Arab World Books. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Turner, Nathaniel. "ChickenBones: A Journal for Literary & Artistic African-American Themes: Nidaa Khoury, Palestinian Poet". Nathaniel Turner. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Nidaa through Silence". YouTube. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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