Hiba Abu Nada

Hiba Kamal Abu Nada (Arabic: هبة كمال أبو ندى; 24 June 1991 – 20 October 2023) was a Palestinian poet, novelist, nutritionist[1] and wikimedian[2]. Her novel "Oxygen is not for the dead" won second place in the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity in 2017.[3][4]

Hiba Abu Nada
هبة أبو ندى
Portrait of Abu Nada
Born
Hiba Kamal Saleh Abu Nada

(1991-06-24)24 June 1991
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Died20 October 2023(2023-10-20) (aged 32)
Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip
Occupation(s)Poet, novelist and nutritionist

Biography

Abu Nada was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 24 June 1991. She received a bachelor's degree of biochemistry from Islamic University, Gaza, and a master's degree in clinical nutrition from Al-Azhar University.[5]

She worked for a time at the Rusul Center for Creativity, associated with the al-Amal Institute for Orphans. According to Al-Ayyam, She was "preoccupied with justice, the uprisings of the Arab Spring, and the realities of Palestinian life under occupation."[6]

She published a number of collections of poetry, and a novel, titled al-Uksujīn laysa lil-mawtā (‘Oxygen is not for the dead,’ Arabic: الأكسجين ليس للموتى). In 2017, she won second place in the 20th annual Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity, held by the United Arab Emirates, for her novel.[7][8] The book was republished by Dar Diwan in 2021.[9]

Death

Her last post online was on 8 October 2023, when she wrote[10]

Gaza’s night is dark apart from the glow of rockets, quiet apart from the sound of the bombs, terrifying apart from the comfort of prayer, black apart from the light of the martyrs. Good night, Gaza.

On 20 October 2023, she was killed during an airstrike by the Israeli Air Force, which hit her home in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. She was 32.[11][12]

References

  1. "وزارة الثقافة تنظم أمسية شعرية بالتعاون مع بلدية غزة". Alwatan Voice (in Arabic). 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. "Gaza: Muerte de una poeta - ContraPunto". ContraPunto (in Spanish). 21 October 2023. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  3. ""الثقافة" تكّرم الروائية "أبو ندى" لفوزها بجائزة الشارقة للإبداع العربي". Alray (in Arabic). 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  4. "الأكسجين ليس للموتى". Department of Culture, Sharjah (in Arabic). 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. "حوار صحفي مع الأديبة هبة أبو ندى". Women for Palestine (in Arabic). 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  6. "هبة أبو ندى ." www.al-ayyam.ps. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  7. "الحدث الثقافي: فلسطين تكسب جائزتين في الشعر والرواية". Al-Hadath (in Arabic). 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  8. "وزارة الثقافة تشيد بفوز حجاوي وابو ندى في جائزة الشارقة للإبداع العربي". Palestinian Ministry of Culture (in Arabic). 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  9. "الأكسجين ليس للموتى (Oxygen is not for the dead)". Goodreads. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  10. "Read the last words of writer Heba Abu Nada, who was killed last week by an Israeli airstrike". Literary Hub. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  11. Ramadan, Alsayid (21 October 2023). "حاصلة على جائزة الشارقة للإبداع العربي.. وفاة الأديبة الفلسطينية الشابة هبة أبو ندى ضحية قصف غزة". Al-Bayan (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  12. Al-Kardousi, Elham (21 October 2023). "معلومات عن الشاعرة الفلسطينية هبة أبو ندى.. قتلها الاحتلال في غزة". El Watan News (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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