Najwa Kawar Farah

Najwa Kawar Farah (born 1923) is a Palestinian educator and writer.[1]

She was born Najwa Kawar in Nazareth and was educated there, later attending the Teachers' Academy in Jerusalem. She taught school in Nazareth. She married Reverend Rafiq Farah[1] in 1950;[2] the couple produced the magazine al-Ra'id in 1967. Farah also wrote articles for the press and for radio. She lived in Haifa until the mid-1960s, when she left the region.[1]

The family moved to Jerusalem in 1965, then to Beirut in 1977 and to London in 1986. Since 1998, they have been living in Scarborough in Ontario, Canada.[2]

Selected works[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ashour, Radwa; Ghazoul, Ferial (2008). Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999. pp. 220, 382–83. ISBN 1617975540.
  2. 1 2 "The Ven. Rafiq Farah". Church of St. Andrew, Scarborough.

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