Najwa Kawar Farah

Najwa Kawar Farah , (April 30, 1923 - August 1, 2015) was a Palestinian educator and writer.

The family moved to Jerusalem in 1965, then to Beirut in 1977 and to London in 1986. Since 1998, they lived in Scarborough in Ontario, Canada.

She died on August 1, 2015, in Toronto, Canada.

Selected works Source: 'Abiru al-sabil (The passersby), short stories (1954) Durub masabih (Lamp paths), short stories (1956) Mudhakkirat rihla (Memoirs of journey), autobiography (1957) Sirr Shahrazad (Sheherazade's secret), play (1958) Malik al-majd (King of glory), play (1961) Li-man al-rabi'? (Who owns spring), short stories (1963) Silsilat qisas li-I-ashbal (A series of stories for young ones), children's literature (1963–65), 3 volumes Intifadat al- 'asafir (The sparrow's uprising), short stories (1991) Sukkan al-tabiq al- 'ulwi (The people upstairs), novel (1996)