Selma Dabbagh

Selma Dabbagh (Arabic: سلمى الدباغ) (born 1970) is a British-Palestinian writer. Her 2011 novel, Out of It, which was inspired by the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, was nominated for a Guardian Book of the Year award in 2011 and 2012.[1][2][3]

Born in Dundee, Dabbagh is the daughter of a Palestinian father from Jaffa and an English mother. She lived variously in Dundee, Reading, High Wycombe and Jeddah during her early childhood before moving to Kuwait at eight years old. ,

Dabbagh graduated from Durham University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and later earned an LL.M. from SOAS. Before concentrating on writing, she worked as a human rights lawyer in London with frequent visits to the West Bank and Cairo. Since 2004, she has written short stories which have appeared in New Writing 15 and Qissat: Short Stories by Palestinian Women. She has twice been a finalist in the Fish Short Story Prize for Beirut-Paris-Beirut (2005) and Aubergine (2004).[2] In 2014, her radio play The Brick was broadcast by BBC Radio 4.[4]

References
  1. David B. Green. "A conversation with British-Palestinian writer Selma Dabbagh". Haaretz. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. "Salma Dabbagh". British Council. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  3. "About". selmadabbagh.com.
  4. "The Brick". BBC. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
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