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Betool Khedairi


Born
in Baghdad, Iraq
November 27, 1965

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Betool Khedairi (Arabic: بتول الخضيري) was born in Baghdad in 1965 to an Iraqi father and a Scottish mother. After receiving her B.A. in French literature from the University of Mustansirya, she divided her time between Iraq, Jordan and the United Kingdom while working in her family’s business. She currently lives in Amman.
Her first novel, A Sky So Close, is translated from Arabic into English, Italian, French and Dutch and is the subject of literary critique studies in various international universities.
Ghayeb (Absent) is her second novel. The Arabic edition was published in Amman in July 2004. ...more

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Average rating: 3.52 · 2,542 ratings · 419 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors
حفلة القنبلة
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3.63 avg rating — 3,480 ratings — published 1980 — 76 editions
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كم بدت السماء قريبة
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3.49 avg rating — 1,332 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions
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غايب
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“The deadline is at midnight in America; dawn, 5 A.M., in England, and 8:00 A.M., early morning, in Iraq. The Americans tie yellow ribbons around oak trees, hoping for their sons' safe return home. The Iraqis tie green ribbons around the Shrine of the Imam al-Hussain, praying for God's protection. In the coldest month, the coldest war of the modern age is declared.”
― Betool Khedairi, A Sky So Close
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“يا كثرة اصحابي من يوم طرفي دبس ...ويا قلة اصحابي من يوم طرفي يبس”
― Betool Khedairi, غايب
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“يا دلال, لو كان بإمكاننا فقط ان نتعلم من النحل!”
― Betool Khedairi, غايب
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