Inaya Jaber

Inaya Jaber (; 1958 – 10 May 2021) was a Lebanese writer, journalist, artist and singer. She has published nine collections of poetry and one collection of short stories. She lived in Beirut.

Biography Jaber was born in 1958 in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon. She studied at the Lebanese University and at the Lebanese National Conservatory of Music. She wrote a weekly column in al-Quds al-Arabi (London) for over twenty years and was also a contributor to the Lebanese newspaper al-Safir, writing on arts and culture.

In addition to writing, she was a visual artist and singer and has performed concerts internationally including in Egypt and Italy. She lived in Beirut.

Selected works

Short story collection

Lā ʼaḥad yuḍīʻu fī bayrūt (No one gets lost in Beirut), 2016

Poetry collections

ʻArūḍ al-ḥadīqa (The garden's prosody), 2011 Lā ʼaḵwāt lī (I have no sisters), 2009 Jamīʻ ʻasbābinā (All of our reasons), 2006 Sātān ʼabyaḍ (White satin), 2002 Ṯumma ʼinnanī mašḡūla (Also, I'm busy), 2000 ʻAstaʻaddu lil-ʻašāʼ (I'm getting ready for dinner), 1999 ʼUmūr basīṭa (Simple matters), 1997 Mizāj ḵāsir (A losing mood), 1995 Ṭaqs al-ẓullām (Ritual of darkness), 1994