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Author: Selma Dabbagh

Selma Dabbagh is a British Palestinian writer of fiction. Born in Scotland, she has lived in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, France, Egypt and the West Bank. Her work includes the novel, ‘Out of It,’ (Bloomsbury, 2011) that was a Guardian Book of the Year. Her radio play ‘The Brick,’ produced by BBC Radio 4 in 2014, was nominated for an Imison Award and she and has won or been nominated for various short story awards. Selma is a judge for the Society of Authors McKitterick Award and her non-fiction has appeared in the Guardian, GQ, the LRB and other publications. She holds a PhD from the English and Comparative Literature Department of Goldsmiths University and has worked on a variety of scripts, for the theatre, film and TV, many of which involved research, particularly of Arab women’s histories. She has recently completed a novel set in Jerusalem in 1936. She tweets at @SelmaDabbagh.

25 September, 2023 • Selma Dabbagh

The Mystery of Enayat al-Zayyat in Iman Mersal’s Tour de Force

Selma Dabbagh reviews a masterpiece that gives insight into the life of a remarkable woman artist striving to live on her own terms.

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3 September, 2023 • Selma Dabbagh

London Cemeteries: And Now It Is Death

Selma Dabbagh's run through a London cemetery proves to be valuable fodder for the creative inspiration the writer was searching for.

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15 June, 2022 • Selma Dabbagh

Selma Dabbagh: “Trash”

A short story of international love from the author of the Gaza novel "Out of It."

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14 July, 2021 • Selma Dabbagh

Gazan Skies, from the novel “Out of It”

There are times when you can think of little else but escaping your present reality, as Rashid does in this excerpt from Selma Dabbagh's novel on Gaza.

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16 May, 2021 • Selma Dabbagh

Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt’s Roaring 20s

Selma Dabbagh reviews the story of Egypt's pioneering women performers and feminists, including Oum Khoulthum and Munira al-Maydiyya.

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