Liana Badr was born in Jerusalem to a nationalist
family, and was raised in Jericho. The family fled to Jordan after
the 1967 invasion, and then to Beirut after Black September 1970.
Badr interrupted the studies she began at the University of Jordan,
and obtained a BA in philosophy and psychology from the Beirut
Arab University, but she was unable to complete her MA due to
the Lebanese civil war. She worked as a volunteer in various Palestinian
women's organizations, and as a field reporter and editor in the
Al Hurriyya review cultural section.
Badr published her first novel in Beyrouth in 1979,
"A Compass for the Sunflower". She has also published
short story collections, novellas, a children's book, a poetry
collection, and a book about poet Fadwa Touqan. Her works have
been translated into a number of languages. Her works mainly focus
on themes of women and war, and exile. Her style has been described
by the Times Literary Supplement as "defy the laws of fictional
gravity", and "densely lyrical".
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