Open AccessSahar Khalifeh: A Palestinian Novelist
Author(s) -
Ghena Ismail
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.748
Subject(s) - period (music) , history , demography , sociology , art , aesthetics
Sahar Khalifeh was born to a conservative Palestinian family of eight girls and one boy. After the death of her two sisters in their childhood, she heard comments of relief among the women in the family that "the burden had eased." Khalifeh'sadolescence was a very critical and intense period.