About: Shahla Ujayli

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Shahla Ujayli (born 1976) is a Syrian writer. She studied modern Arabic literature at Aleppo University, eventually obtaining a doctorate. She became a teacher at her alma mater, and she also taught at the American University in Madaba, Jordan. She made her literary debut in 2005, publishing a short story collection called The Mashrabiyya. Since then, she has published three novels: The Cat's Eye (2006) (winner of the ), Persian Carpet (2013), and A Sky Close to Our House (2015). The last-named book has been nominated for the 2016 Arabic Booker Prize. Ujayli was also a participant at the 2014 IPAF nadwa, an annual writing workshop organized by the sponsors of the Arabic Booker for promising young writers.

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  • شهلا العجيلي كاتبة أردنية سورية ولدت عام 1976. حاصلة على دكتوراه في الأدب العربي الحديث والدراسات الثقافية من جامعة حلب، وعملت بتدريس الأدب العربي الحديث في جامعة حلب في الأردن. (ar)
  • Shahla Ujayli (en arabe : شَهْلا العُجَيْليّ / romanisation ALA-LC : Shahlā al-ʻUjaylī), née en 1976, est une romancière syrienne. (fr)
  • Shahla Ujayli (born 1976) is a Syrian writer. She studied modern Arabic literature at Aleppo University, eventually obtaining a doctorate. She became a teacher at her alma mater, and she also taught at the American University in Madaba, Jordan. She made her literary debut in 2005, publishing a short story collection called The Mashrabiyya. Since then, she has published three novels: The Cat's Eye (2006) (winner of the ), Persian Carpet (2013), and A Sky Close to Our House (2015). The last-named book has been nominated for the 2016 Arabic Booker Prize. Ujayli was also a participant at the 2014 IPAF nadwa, an annual writing workshop organized by the sponsors of the Arabic Booker for promising young writers. Ujayli's academic works include: * Mirror of Strangeness: Articles on Cultural Criticism (2006) * The Syrian Novel: Experimentalism and Theoretical Categories (2009) * Cultural Particularity in the Arabic Novel (2011) On January 12, 2016, her novel A Sky Close to Our House was picked as one of sixteen candidates for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. (en)
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  • شهلا العجيلي كاتبة أردنية سورية ولدت عام 1976. حاصلة على دكتوراه في الأدب العربي الحديث والدراسات الثقافية من جامعة حلب، وعملت بتدريس الأدب العربي الحديث في جامعة حلب في الأردن. (ar)
  • Shahla Ujayli (en arabe : شَهْلا العُجَيْليّ / romanisation ALA-LC : Shahlā al-ʻUjaylī), née en 1976, est une romancière syrienne. (fr)
  • Shahla Ujayli (born 1976) is a Syrian writer. She studied modern Arabic literature at Aleppo University, eventually obtaining a doctorate. She became a teacher at her alma mater, and she also taught at the American University in Madaba, Jordan. She made her literary debut in 2005, publishing a short story collection called The Mashrabiyya. Since then, she has published three novels: The Cat's Eye (2006) (winner of the ), Persian Carpet (2013), and A Sky Close to Our House (2015). The last-named book has been nominated for the 2016 Arabic Booker Prize. Ujayli was also a participant at the 2014 IPAF nadwa, an annual writing workshop organized by the sponsors of the Arabic Booker for promising young writers. (en)
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  • شهلا العجيلي (ar)
  • Shahla Ujayli (fr)
  • Shahla Ujayli (en)
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