Huzama Habayeb

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Full Name	Huzama Habayeb
Occupation	Poet
Date Of Birth	Jun 4, 1965(1965-06-04)
Age	59
Country	Kuwait
Horoscope	Gemini

Huzama Habayeb Biography

Huzama Habayeb is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on June 4, 1965 in Kuwait. Habayeb was born June 4, 1965 in Kuwait. She grew up there and studied there. She received her B.A. In 1987, she received her B.A. in English Language and Literature at Kuwait University. After graduating from Kuwait University in 1987, Habayeb was forced to move to Jordan with her family. She settled there for many years until she moved to the United Arab Emirates.

Habayeb published her third short-story collection, “A Form of Absence”, in

1997. This was her third book. She explained that the female characters in all the stories could be one person. All of these personas felt like they “belonged” to the same woman, which is why many critics saw this collection as a “nucleus or seed” for a novel.

And in its article on February 14, 2007, Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper said “Huzama Habyeb has written a political novel without writing a single letter in politics; and that’s whence the beauty of this text emanates; the text that is drowned in the body’s temptations and the details of the everyday life of the men whose external features haven’t been described by the author.” The article ends by praising Habayeb’s linguistic methodology: “One must note the fastidious language, the intelligent allegories and lexicon that demonstrate a rich dictionary, in which the popular Palestinian vocabulary stands out, gaining an eloquent impact derived from its fluency in conveying the meaning to the reader.”

As for the critical reactions on “The Origin of Love” (أصْلُ الهَوَى,) they’ve been highly positive. The Palestinian novelist and literary critic, Waleed Abu Bakr, wrote a critical article about the novel in August 2007, in which he described it as “a serious, significant novel in terms of narration techniques or the importance of the issues and crucial themes it tackles.” He also added that “all the well-structured, plentiful sex scenes do not merely aim to arouse—which is something the reader can feel without any suspicion due to the absence of eroticism in its cliched, tacky form—but to achieve gender equality.”

“Sweeter night” (laylun ‘Hla), which Habayeb released in 2002 and also by AIRP, was the fourth and final short-story collection she had published before making the transition to novel. More positive feedback was received by critics. The collection received more positive feedback from critics, according to a review published in Al-Hayat (London-based newspaper). It “examines the same places her stories normally tackle, but the digging is deeper, further, richer, and bolder than ever before.” The stories are more complex and have more vision and tools than ever before, both in terms of narrative and linguistic technicalities.

Huzama Habayeb Net Worth

Huzama Habayeb is one of the richest Poet from Kuwait. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Huzama Habayeb 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Huzama Habayeb, (Arabic: Huzama@ Habayib – listen ), is a Palestinian writer, storyteller and translator who has received multiple awards including the Mahmoud Eddin iAl–Erani Award for Short Stories and Jerusalem Festival of Youth Innovation for Short Stories and Naguib Mahfouz Medal in Literature. After graduating from Kuwait University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1987, she continued her studies at the University of Kuwait. After graduating from Kuwait University in 1987 with a BA in English Language and Literature, she went on to pursue careers in journalism, teaching and translation, before finally becoming a published author. She is a member both of the Arab Writers Federation and the Jordanian Writers Association.

Habayeb’s most beloved literary form is the short story. She received her first writing award, Jerusalem Festival of Youth Innovation and Short Stories in 1992 for her debut short-story collection “The Man Who Recurs”. (lraWjul Ldhy YatakraWr), published by AIRP. Two years later, after the publication of her second short-story book, “The Faraway Apples”, (ltufaWHt lbaya@), in 1994 by Al-Karmel Publishing House, the Jordanian Writers Association presented Habayeb with Mahmoud Seif Eddin iAl-Erani award.

She was also one of the contributors in “Qissat,” an anthology of short stories written by Palestinian women writers that was published in 2006. Habayeb’s story was “Thread Snaps” (خَيْطٌ يَنْقَطِع) off her fourth short- story collection, “Sweeter Night” (لَيْلٌ أحْلَى).

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Habayeb’s most prominent milestone in terms of defying Zionism, however, is a campaign she launched against the publication of an anthology of short stories by Middle Eastern women because of the inclusion of stories by Israeli authors. Habayeb had initially accepted to contribute to the anthology, but she withdrew her piece after learning that contributions by two Israeli authors were included in the anthology; and then she contacted all the other Arab authors and persuaded them to follow her lead. The campaign was successful, as most of the authors withdrew their manuscripts, forcing the University of Texas at Austin—the institution that was adopting the project—to cancel the anthology. Habayeb justified her actions in an editorial that was published in Gulf News on May 25, 2012, saying “I cannot accept, ethically and morally, that my voice be shared equally with writers who reflect the voice of an obnoxious occupier.”

Facts & Trivia

Huzama Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kuwait. Huzama Habayeb celebrates birthday on June 4 of every year.

In almost every body of work by Huzama Habayeb, whether it’s a novel or short story, there is sheer adherence to her Palestinian identity; and that is strikingly evident in her first two novels and a slew of stories from her four collections. She also demonstrates that through her translations, as she tends to choose books whose content reflects the Palestinian crisis and the unjust policies exercised by Israel and affect Palestinians, such as The Wandering Who? by Gilad Atzmon, which she translated into Arabic and was published in this form in June 2013.