Rasha al Ameer
Rasha al Ameer is a Lebanese publisher, cultural critic and novelist.
Biography[edit]
Rasha al-Ameer began writing as a student in Paris. After returning to Lebanon in 1990, she and Lebanese writer and translator Lokman Slim founded Dar-al Jadeed, an independent Lebanese publishing house, which has published work by Mohammad Khatami and Mahmoud Darwish, among other authors.[1]
In 2021, her work was distinguished with the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in the category Publishing and Technology.[2]
Works[edit]
- Yawm al-din, Beirut: Dar Al-Jadeed, 2002.
- Translated into French by Youssef Seddik as Le dernier jour: confessions d'un imam, Paris: Actes Sud, 2009.
- Translated into English by Jonathan Wright. Judgment Day: A Modern Arabic Novel, Oxford University Press, 2011.
References[edit]
- ^ Author Profile: Rasha al Ameer
- ^ "Dar Al Jadeed". sheikh zayed book award. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
External links[edit]
- An excerpt from "Judgment Day" by Rasha al Ameer, Jadaliyya
- Q & A: On Translating Rasha al-Ameer's 'Judgment Day'
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