Salma Jayyusi

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Salma Jayyusi ( Arabic سلمى الخضراء الجيوسي; born 1926 , 1927 or 1928 in Safed ), with full name Salma Khadra Jayyusi , is a Palestinian author .

life and work

Salma Jayyusi grew up in Acre and Jerusalem as the daughter of a Palestinian father and a Lebanese mother. She attended Schmidt's Girls College in Jerusalem and studied Arabic and English literature at the American University of Beirut and the University of London . After graduating, she married a Jordanian diplomat. The couple moved frequently due to their job and lived in Spain, Italy, Germany, England, Iraq, Algeria, Lebanon, Sudan and in the United States of America. Salma Jayyusi began her career as a writer and teacher after a family phase in which she raised three children. She is considered one of the most influential figures in Arabic literature and, in addition to her poetry, is also known for her editorial work, her literary reviews and her research. She has taught at several Arab universities, including the University of Khartoum and the University of Algiers . As part of a Ford Foundation scholarship , she was on a lecture tour of the USA and Canada in 1973. She subsequently stayed in the US and taught at the University of Utah , the University of Washington and the University of Texas . In addition, she founded the translation project PROTA, Project of Translation from Arabic . From 1994 to 1995 she stayed at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin , where she dealt with intercultural, especially European-Arabic studies. In 1995, under her leadership, a conference was held in Tangier entitled Language, Literature and Culture in North Africa and attended by renowned writers and scholars from numerous countries. In 1997 she received another scholarship from the Ford Foundation and in this context wrote a comprehensive book on human rights in Arab thought. In 1999 she received a Fulbright grant to study Palestinian culture.

Publications (selection)

Anthologies

  • Anthology of modern Arabic Poetry , Columbia University Press, New York, 1987.
  • The Literature of Modern Arabia , Kegan Paul International, London, 1988.
  • Modern Palestinian Literature , Columbia University Press, New York, 1992.
  • Modern Arabic Drama Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1993.
  • Arabic Short Plays , Interlink Books, New York, 2003.
  • Modern Arabic Fiction Columbia University Press, New York, 2005.

Sociological works

  • The Legacy of Muslim Spain , Brill, Leiden, 1992.
  • Jerusalem in Ancient History and Tradition , ed. By Thomas Thompson with the collaboration of Salma Khadra Jayyusi, London-New York, 2003.
  • My Jerusalem , Essays, Poems, Reminecsences, in press, Interlink Books, 2004.
  • Human Rights in Arab Thought , in press at IB Tauris, London & New York, 2004.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dona S. Straley: The Undergraduate's Companion to Arab Writers and Their Web Sites . Ed .: Libraries Unlimited. 2004, ISBN 978-1-59158-118-5 , pp. 101 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ Personalities: Who's Who , Arab Thought Forum . Accessed 11 September 2012.
  3. ^ Salma Khadra Jayyusi. Banipal, accessed July 8, 2017 .
  4. ^ Salma Khadra Jayyusi. Banipal, accessed July 8, 2017 . Salma Khadra Jayyusi. Arab Women Writers, February 28, 2015, accessed July 8, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Jayyusi, Salma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jayyūsī, Salmā al-Khadrā; Juyūsī, Salmā al-Khadrā; Jayūsī, Salmā al-Khadrā; Salma al-Khadra al-Jayyusi; Khadra Jayyusi, Salma al-; Khadra al-Jayyusi, Salma al-; Jayyūsī, Salmā al-Khadrā al-; Jayyūsī, Salmā al-Khadrāʾ al-; Ǧaiyūsī, Salmā al-Ḫaḍrā al-; Ǧaiyūsī, Salmā al-Ḫaḍrāʾ al-; Ǧaiyūsī al-Ḫaḍrā, Salmā al-; Salmā al-Ḫaḍrā al-Ǧaiyūsī; al-Ǧayyūsī, Salmā al-Ḫaḍrāʾ al-; al-Ǧayūsī, Salmā al-Ḫaḍrāʾ al-; al-Ǧuyūsī, Salmā al-Ḫaḍrāʾ al-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Palestinian author
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Safed