Inaya Jaber

Inaya Jaber (Arabic: عناية جابر‎; born 1958, in Bint Jbeil) is a Lebanese writer, journalist, artist and singer. She has published nine collections of poetry and one collection of short stories. She lives in Beirut.[1][2][3]

Inaya Jaber
عناية جابر
Jaber
Born1958 (age 62–63)
Bint Jbeil, Lebanon
OccupationWriter, poet, journalist

Biography

Jaber was born in 1958 in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon. She studied at the Lebanese University and at the Lebanese National Conservatory of Music. She wrote a weekly column in al-Quds al-Arabi (London) for over twenty years and was also a contributor to the Lebanese newspaper al-Safir, writing on arts and culture.[4][5]

In addition to writing, she is a visual artist and singer and has performed concerts internationally including in Egypt and Italy.[4]

Jaber has three adult children, all of whom live in the United States.[6] She lives in Beirut.[1]

Selected works

Short story collection
  • Lā ʼaḥad yuḍīʻu fī bayrūt (No one gets lost in Beirut), 2016

Poetry collections
  • ʻArūḍ al-ḥadīqa (The garden's prosody), 2011
  • Lā ʼaḵwāt lī (I have no sisters), 2009
  • Jamīʻ ʻasbābinā (All of our reasons), 2006
  • Sātān ʼabyaḍ (White satin), 2002
  • Ṯumma ʼinnanī mašḡūla (Also, I'm busy), 2000
  • ʻAstaʻaddu lil-ʻašāʼ (I'm getting ready for dinner), 1999
  • ʼUmūr basīṭa (Simple matters), 1997
  • Mizāj ḵāsir (A losing mood), 1995
  • Ṭaqs al-ẓullām (Ritual of darkness), 1994

References
  1. "Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Contributors - Inaya Jaber". www.banipal.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  2. Fawaz, Ali Hussein (2015-09-30). "اللبنانية عناية جابر… قصائد المزاج وغواية الجسد والكلام" [Lebanese Inaya Jaber .. Poems of mood, seduction of the body, and speech]. القدس العربي Alquds Newspaper. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  3. Toledo, Julio César (2010-02-08). "La traducción: Inaya Jaber". circulodepoesia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. "عناية جابر" [Inaya Jaber]. www.abjjad.com. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  5. Jaber, Inaya (March–April 2018). Translated by Karen McNeil and Miled Faiza. "I have the right to be a stranger". World Literature Today. 92 (2): 18–19.
  6. Antone, Ibtissam (2012-03-06). "فنجان ثقافة | حوار مع الاعلامية الشاعرة الفنانة عناية جابر لبنان" [A Cup of Culture: Interview with Lebanese poet, writer and media personality Inaya Jaber]. الغزال al-Ghazal. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
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