Houda Darwish ( ar, هدى درويش) is an Algerian novelist, poet, writer, and

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activist. According to Abdel Madjid Djaber, a

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

critic and

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, she is a "charming lady of Algerian literature.".

Personal life

Born in West Algeria on November 26, 1991, Houda Darwish lived with two parents working as teachers, the father an Arabic teacher, the mother a French teacher. Because of her family situation, she was opened up to a wide variety of cultures and a mix between the Arabic and French literature. She pursued her medicinal studies between French and Algerian university, currently as a pediatrician and neonatalogist.

Career

At the age of sixteen, once she settled down in

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, Darwish presented her first novel titled "Amal...A Love Looking for a Homeland" (In Arabic: آمال... حب يبحث عن وطن). It was written in a poetic style with political bravado. It talked about a journey of a Palestinian musician between the roads of politics, espionage, and exile. Publishing works on a range of controversial issues, Darwish is well known by being literary affected by Jubran Khalil Jubran,

Nizar Qabbani Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani ( ar, نزار توفيق قباني, , french: Nizar Kabbani; 21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998) was a Syrian diplomat, poet, writer and publisher. He is considered to be Syria's National Poet. His poetic style combines simp ...

, and

Mahmoud Darwish Mahmoud Darwish ( ar, محمود درويش, Maḥmūd Darwīsh, 13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine ...

(supposedly, the latter man is the reason she chose Darwish as a last name for herself). Huda Darwish continues her success by publishing sequels. Justifying her transition between poetry and prose, the ex editor-in-chief of

Rose al-Yūsuf ''Rose al-Yūsuf'' ( ar, روز اليوسف; also written ''Rose al-Yousef'') is an Arabic weekly political magazine published in Egypt. History and profile ''Rose al-Yūsuf'' was first published on 26 October 1925. The magazine was named afte ...

, Essam Abdel-Aziz, said "Houda Darwish is a creative woman whose writing made us come back to the belle epoque."

Literature

Stories

* آمال.. حب يبحث عن وطن (''Hopes ... Love Looking for a Homeland'') * Amour en Quete sa Nation * خلود الياسمين (''The Immortality of Jasmine'') * نساء بلا ذاكرة (''Women Without Memory'')

Poetry

* لك وحدك ("Only For You")

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Darwish, Houda 1991 births Living people University of Algiers alumni University of Caen Normandy alumni 21st-century Algerian women writers 21st-century Algerian people