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Haya Saleh

b. 1977

Jordanian writer

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Born 1977. Haya Saleh is a Jordanian short story writer and literary critic.

Haya Saleh Ibrahim (Arabic: هيا صالح) is a Jordanian critic, novelist, playwright, drama writer and children's writer born in 1977, working in the Art House and as a critic and writer in the field of theatre and drama.

Education She holds a high school diploma in 1994 and a bachelor's degree in Arabic language and literature from Al al-Bayt University in 1999. Jordanian State Award in Children's Literature (2017). Nasser al-Din al-Assad Award for Critical Studies awarded by the Jordanian Writers Society for her book Distance Zero. Novel clashes and life" (2016). Her theatrical text "In the Hands of a Star" received the highest rating from the High Advisory Committee on the Selection of Texts participating in the Childish Creativity Festival, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2016. "In the Hands of a Star" (text by her author) won the best integrated performance award from the Childish Creativity Festival organized by the Ministry of Culture, Amman, 2016. Her book Biography of a Paper won the Best Arab Book for Children award, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2013. The manuscript of her story, "Little Shama in Big Trouble", won the Literary Creativity Award, Naji Noman Foundation for Culture, Beirut, 2013. Her child-oriented text "It's my right to" won the Children's Theatre Text Competition (3rd place), Arab Theatre Authority, Sharjah, 2013. The episode of the "Sanabel Magazine" programme, prepared for children and broadcast by Jordanian radio, won the golden prize at the Radio and Television Festival, Tunisia, 2009

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1977, Sahab
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Al al-Bayt University

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Who is Haya Saleh?

Jordanian writer

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Haya Saleh was born in 1977 in Sahab.

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Haya Saleh is a short story writer and literary critic.

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Haya Saleh is Jordanian.

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· Wikipedia: Haya Saleh

· Wikidata: Q50378129

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