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Adania Shibli

Adania Shibli
Adania Shibli (1974, Palestine) has been writing novels, plays, short stories and narrative essays, which were published in various anthologies, art books, and literary and cultural magazines in different languages. Her latest novel Minor Detail was published in the US by New Directions in 2020, in a translation by Elisabeth Jacquette, and has been translated into many languages, most recently into German (published by Berenberg Verlag). Minor Detail was a finalist for the National Book Award and longlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize.


Stories Too Awful to Believe: Adania Shibli on Bombings in Ramallah

“When I try to think of what I could say or write, I feel numb, knowing that the words that will pour out of me will be useless.”
October 18, 2023  By Adania Shibli
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