Hiba Abu Nada
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| Native name | هبة كمال أبو ندى |
| Born | Hiba Kamal Saleh Abu Nada 24 June 1991 Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
| Died | 20 October 2023 Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, Palestine |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist and nutritionist |
Hiba Kamal Abu Nada (Arabic: هبة كمال أبو ندى) (24 June 1991 – 20 October 2023) was a Palestinian poet, novelist, nutritionist and Wikimedian.[1]
In October 2017, She won the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity (Second Place) at its 20th session for her novel titled al-Uksujīn laysa lil-mawtā (‘Oxygen is not for the dead,’ Arabic: الأكسجين ليس للموتى).[2] The same month she was honoured by the Palestinian Ministry of Culture for winning the Sharjah Award.[3]
Death[change | change source]
She posted for the last time on 8 October 2023, when she wrote[4]
Gaza’s night is dark apart from the glow of rockets, quiet apart from the sound of the bombs, terrifying apart from the comfort of prayer, black apart from the light of the martyrs. Good night, Gaza.
On 20 October 2023, at the age of 32, she was killed during an airstrike attack fired by Israeli Air Force (IAF) on her home during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[5][6]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Gaza: Muerte de una poeta". ContraPunto (in Spanish). 21 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ↑ "كتب ورقية l دائرة الثقافة". sdc.gov.ae. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ↑ ""الثقافة" تكّرم الروائية "أبو ندى" لفوزها بجائزة الشارقة للإبداع العربي". Alray (in Arabic).
- ↑ "Read the last words of writer Heba Abu Nada, who was killed last week by an Israeli airstrike". Literary Hub. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ↑ "Palestinian writer Heba Abu Nada dies in Israeli bombings in Gaza". Gulf Today. 21 October 2023.
- ↑ Ramadan Al Sayid (20 October 2023). "حاصلة على جائزة الشارقة للإبداع العربي.. وفاة الأديبة الفلسطينية الشابة هبة أبو ندى ضحية قصف غزة". Al Bayan (in Arabic).
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