Soheir Khashoggi ( ar, سهير خاشقجي, born 1947) is an
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
ian-born
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
n novelist.
Life
Khashoggi was born in
Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...
in 1947. Her father,
Muhammad Khashoggi
Muhammad Khaled Khashoggi ( ar, محمد خالد خاشقچي) (1889–1978), also spelled as Mohamed Khaled Khashoggi, was a Saudi medical doctor. He was King Abdulaziz Al Saud's personal doctor.
Personal life
Khashoggi's remote Turkish ancest ...
, was of
Turkish origin,
and the
Saudi Royal physician for King
Abdulaziz Al Saud
Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ( ar, عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود, ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin ʿAbd ar Raḥman Āl Suʿūd; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted ...
, founder of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Her family surname, Khashoggi, means "spoon maker" (''Kaşıkçı'') in the
Turkish language
Turkish ( , ), also referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant sma ...
.
Her brother was the arms dealer
Adnan Khashoggi
Adnan Khashoggi ( ar, عدنان خاشقجي, ‘Adnān Khāshuqjī; 25 July 1935 – 6 June 2017) was a Saudi businessman and arms dealer known for his lavish business deals and lifestyle. He was estimated to have had a peak net worth of ...
. She went to the
American University of Beirut.
[Soheir Khashoggi]
Goodreads, Retrieved 1 February 2016 She is a fine artist who has a degree from Beirut's Interior Design Center.
Interview with Rebecca Ponton, Retrieved 1 February 2016
She divorced her second husband, and her first novel ''Mirage'' was published, in 1996
in nineteen languages. She lives in New York. Khashoggi has four daughters.
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Works
*''Mirage'', 1999
References
1947 births
Living people
Writers from Alexandria
Saudi Arabian people of Turkish descent
Soheir
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