Inaya Jaber ( ar, عناية جابر; 1958 – 10 May 2021) was a Lebanese writer, journalist, artist and singer. She has published nine collections of poetry and one collection of short stories. She lived in Beirut.
Biography
Jaber was born in 1958 in
Bint Jbeil
Bint Jbeil () is the second largest town in the Nabatiye Governorate in Southern Lebanon.
The town has an estimated population of 30,000. Its exact population is unknown, because Lebanon has not conducted a population census since 1932.
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in southern
Lebanon
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. She studied at the
Lebanese University and at the
Lebanese National Conservatory of Music. She wrote a weekly column in
al-Quds al-Arabi (London) for over twenty years and was also a contributor to the Lebanese newspaper
al-Safir, writing on arts and culture.
In addition to writing, she was a visual artist and singer and has performed concerts internationally including in Egypt and Italy.
Jaber has three adult children, all of whom live in the United States.
She lived in Beirut.
Selected works
Short story collection
* ''Lā ʼaḥad yuḍīʻu fī bayrūt'' (''No one gets lost in Beirut''), 2016
Poetry collections
* ''ʻArūḍ al-ḥadīqa (The garden's prosody)'', 2011
* ''Lā ʼaḵwāt lī'' (''I have no sisters''), 2009
* ''Jamīʻ ʻasbābinā (All of our reasons)'', 2006
* ''Sātān ʼabyaḍ'' (''White satin''), 2002
* ''Ṯumma ʼinnanī mašḡūla (Also, I'm busy)'', 2000
* ''ʻAstaʻaddu lil-ʻašāʼ (I'm getting ready for dinner)'', 1999
* ''ʼUmūr basīṭa'' (''Simple matters''), 1997
* ''Mizāj ḵāsir'' (''A losing mood''), 1995
* ''Ṭaqs al-ẓullām'' (''Ritual of darkness''), 1994
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References
1958 births
2021 deaths
Lebanese women poets
21st-century Lebanese poets
21st-century Lebanese women writers
20th-century Lebanese poets
People from Bint Jbeil District
Conservatoire Libanais alumni
Lebanese University alumni
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