Nadia Al Najjar ( ar, نادية النجار) is an Emirati writer who published five short stories including "The Speckled Tiger", "I Am Different"; and three novels including "Cities of Passion" which won the first place in the Emirates Award for Fiction in the Short Fiction category in 2015. Her novel "Trio D" won the award for the Best Emirati Book by an Emirati Creative Writer at the Sharjah International Book Fair.

Education and career

Nadia Al Najjar was born in the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

and currently lives in

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. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences from the University of Ajman of Science and Technology. She has published five short stories for children including "I Am Different", " sike i lied My Wondrous Picnic With My Uncle Salem" and "thats why 3amar wants one انيق وجهك Voices of the World". In 2014, she published her first novel "Mafa Al Thekrayat". A year later, she published her second novel "Cities of Passion" which won the first place in "Best Short Novel" of the Emirates Award for Fiction. Whereas, her novel "Trio D" won the award for the best Emirati Creative Writer at the Sharjah International Book Fair in 2017. Her short story "The Speckled Tiger" had been included in the UAE's Arabic Curriculum. In 2017, Al Najjar's short story "My Wondrous Picnic With My Uncle Salem" was shortlisted for category of Children's Literature of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award. She has participated in many literary events and festivals including the

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature (The Festival) is an international literature festival held annually in the United Arab Emirates. The festival is held under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, under the auspices of ...

in 2018 and Abu Dhabi International Book Fair.

Works

Novels

* Manfa Al Thekrayat, 2014 * ''"Cities of Passion"'' (Original title: Madaa’n Al Lahfa), 2015 * ''"Trio D"'' (Original title: Thulathiat Al Dal), 2017

Short stories

* "''I Am Different"'' (Original title: Ana Mokhtalef), 2017 * ''"The Speckled Tiger"'' (Original title: Al Namir Al Alrqat), 2017 * ''"Voices of the World"'' (Original title: Aswat Al A’lam), 2018 * "''My Wondrous Picnic with Uncle Salem"'' (Original title: Nozhati Al Ajeeba Ma’aa Al A’am Salem), 2019 * Ghaftan, 2019

Awards

* 2015: Al Najjar's Novel "''The Cities of Passions"'' won the first place in the Emirates Award for Fiction in the Short Fiction category. * 2017: Her novel "''Trio D''" won the award for the best Emirati Book by an Emirati Creative Writer at the Sharjah International Book Fair.

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