Birth: NULL/NULL/1905 Death:NULL/NULL/1983
Born in Nazareth in 1905 to a Palestinian Orthodox Christian Family; was educated at the English School in Nazareth; studied Greek, then the Holy Qur’an for two years in order to improve her Arabic writing skills; was among the first Palestinian women literary writers in the 20th Century; moved to Acre following her marriage; was a founding member of the Women’s Union in Acre from 1929-48; was also an active member in the YWCA and the Young Orthodox Women’s Association; worked at local radio stations as broadcaster, incl. the Palestine and Near East radios in Jaffa; was also editor of the women’s page in the Filastin newspaper; after the 1948 Nakba lived in Lebanon; worked as journalist, radio broadcaster and editor of women’s pages in Lebanese papers including Al-Ahad published in Beirut; was Sec.-Gen. of a women’s union as well as of the Orthodox Women’s Society in Lebanon; was awarded the Lebanese Constantine Great Medal in 1973; composed seven theater plays and published around ten literary works, incl. My Big Love (Poetry Collection) (Arabic, Beirut, 1972), ‘Asl Shajaret Al-Milad’ (The Origin of the Christmas Tree); died in Beirut in 1983.
