Resume of the Saudi Writer and Litterateur
Zaineb Ahmed Hefni
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Writer,
Poet, Storyteller and Novelist
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Saudi nationality, born in Jeddah in 1965
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1993: Bachelor degree
from Islamic Science, College of
Education Humanities, King Abdulaziz
University
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She Started working in journalism in 1987
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She moved in number of Saudi local
newspapers
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wrote in several Arab magazines such as the
Egyptian magazine "Sabah Al Khair", a London magazine "the man".
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She has also
written weekly articles in the opinion pages of the "Asharq Alawsat"
International
Newspaper
for 5 years
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Now she writes a weekly article in
viewpoints pages in the UAE Newspaper "Al-Ittihad".
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Her articles are marked by the boldness,
highlighting the social, human and political dimensions raised in Arab
and International arenas
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according
to many Arab critics, Zainab
Hefni is classified
as one of the most important
contemporary Arab
Literature who enriched Arab
literary with their creativity.
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Her sentimental "A
letter to a man"
was published in 1993
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Her group of stories:
"your restriction or my freedon" published in 1994,
"Women at the Equator," published in 1996,
and "there are things disappear"
in 2002.
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Her group of stories "Women at the
Equator," which was published in 1996 by Dar Al Shorouq Egyptian, raised
a lot of confusion because of its content and led to the confiscation of
copies and her arrest and was prevented from travelling. A
revised edition was then
issued in 2006 by the Arab Institute for Studies and Publication.
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A
novel "
Dance to the
tambourine"
published in Cairo in 1998.
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A
book "Middle
East
Mirrors"
includes many of her publications in
"Asharq Alawsat" International
Newspaper published by Dar Tlass
in 2001
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Her complete
works published
by Dar Tlass in
2003
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A
novel " I
no longer
cry" by
Dar Al-Saqi in 2003
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"female Rhythms"
prose poetry from Dar Mokhtarat in 2004, and some of them has been
taught in
king Mohammed
V University, Faculty of Art, in
Rabat, Morocco.
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A
Novel "
Features"
published in 2006 by Dar Al-Saqi
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A
Novel "Crooked
legs" in 2008 by
Arab Institute for Studies and Publication
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A
Novel " A
pillow
for
your love"
2011 by Dar Al-Saqi
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She has participated in
Book Fair at
Cairo International Convention in
2000, to speak in an open meeting with Egyptian fans about the summary
of her works
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She participated
in
meeting
of woman and writing in 2004 in
Asphy City in morocco
with a paper titled:
"my story with the letter".
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She participated in the first female seminar "The woman,
the creativity and the history" with a paper titled: "the woman and her
role
in making the history" besides a poetic evening in Al
Qadi Ayyad's university / Mlal's son / Morocco April 2005
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She got a
training course on the International
matters to the human rights in Geneva Institute for Human Rights from
3-13 April 2006
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She got a training program on Introduction
to Journalism from Birkbeck college in London/ Britain in 2005.
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She
got a training program on Interview Skills from Birkbeck college in
London / Britain in 2006
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She participated in the first forum
of the European Arab dialogue, which was held in Paris from 26 - 27-and-
28 April 2006. with a paper titled: "we and the other in the Arab and
European media".
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She participated in Sanaa conference on the
democracy, the political reform and the freedom of expression, which was
held in Sanaa on 25 - 26 June 2006
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She participated in the
woman and writing meeting in
Asphy City in Morocco from 20-21 and 22 July 2006, with a paper titled:
"my dreams...my
secret life".
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The Cultural commitment Forum held a
literary evening for her in Dammam on 2 August 2006 where she spokes
about her creative experience
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She took part in the Arab meeting "the
female participation in the Arab parliaments" which was held in Amman
city in Jordan on 11 - 12 / 9 / 2006, with her paper "I came here to
apologize".
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She participated in the events of
"the Union Forum" that was arranged by Al-Ittihad Newspaper in Abu Dhabi
city in 7 / 11 / 2006
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She participated in an international seminar on
supporting the Palestinian
women that was organized by the parliamentary group of the Labor Party
in Algiers on 9-10 - 11 December
2006.
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She was
one of the participant in the sixth Doha Cultural Festival that was held
from 21 March to 5
April 2007, where she gives an interposition about the seminar on "the
literature and the exile".
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Within
the events of the
Abu Dhabi
International Book Fair,
that was supervised by the Frankfurt Book Exhibition, the writer took
part in the discussion about "the Arab media and the woman in both
Islamic and Arab
worlds" on Friday 6 April 2007.
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Took part in the fourth
media meeting
"the media in a time of war" that was held in Amman city in Jordan on
16-18 April 2007.
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On 14 may 2007, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Khaled
Al Nahyan Cultural Center in Al Ain city in The United Arab Emirates
hold a special seminar to the writer to debate her novel "features".
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She participated in a the
discussion about the woman literature in Arab Gulf area that was held in
French Cultural Center in Algeria on Thursday 24 may 2007.
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She took part in the activities of the
second forum under the title " Culture and Society " that was held by
the UAE Itihad newspaper in the city of Abu Dhabi on 22 October 2007
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She participated in narrative reading in
the first forum of the GCC short story writers which was organized by
the cultural salon under the supervision of Qatar's National Council for
Culture, Arts and Heritage, in the period from 20 - 23 - 1 -2008.
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She took part in the activities of the
Fourth Sanaa Festival for story and novel by giving certificate about
her creative experiences under the title (writing . . . another life’s
project ), from 26 -28 / 7 / 2008.
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She Participated in the
twenty-third session of
Asilah forum in
Morocco by presenting a paper at
a symposium on (the elites, the authority and the
democracy in the Arab world) which was held from 12-14 August 2008.
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The
Saudi litterateur was
hosted by
the
Arab Organization for
electronic information in Tripoli on 4-5/11/2008, where a symposium for
her literature works was held and attended by a number of Libyans and
Arabs literary and writers. This visit was the first of its kind for the
Saudi female writer to Libya, and the first Arab country to honor her
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The Club Alumni and Forum Association in
ahrain had hosted the Writer on Saturday 14 February 2009 to deliver a
speech titled "Hijazi's Woman between yesterday
and today".
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on Monday, February 23, 2009, By the
invitation of Sheikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, the Board of
Trustees of Sh. Ebrahim Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Center for Culture and
Research/Bahrain, the writer talked about her creative experience,
entitled "I am indebted to my freedom of writing" in Abdullah Al Zayed
House for Bahraini Press Heritage.
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She participated in
an open meeting on the side line of
the International Book
Exhibition in Tunis on April 2009, where she talks about her group
creative works. She also took part in symposium of the Arabic novel in
the early twentieth century
on 2 may 2009 beside a number Arab culture and the
literatures.
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She Participated in the activities
of the fourth annual forum hosted by UAE al Itihad newspaper in the city
of Abu Dhabi on 19 - 20 October 2009, under the title "Arab press ..
reality and ambitions". The Events was accompanied by the celebration of
fortieth anniversary since the first publication of the paper.
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The American
University
in Cairo hosted her in
discussion circle
on (revolution in Saudi
women's literature: Zainab Hafni as a role
model), in the East Hall in
Tahrir Square on
Tuesday, May 31, 2011. The
seminar was chaired by Dr.
Bahgat Qarni, director of
the University Forum,
and the comment was given by
Dr. Azzedine Shokri
Fashir, Al-Majali Top
Culture Secretary General, and Dr.. Yasmin
Farooq, professor from the
Faculty of Economics and
Political Science at the University of Cairo.
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The writer participated in a special symposium on
the sideline of Cairo
International Book Fair that was
held on February
4, 2010 to discuss her novel "The crooked legs."
- Hosted by American
University in Cairo in a panel discussion (the revolution in Saudi
women's literature: Zainab Hefni model). The seminar was chaired by Dr.
Bahjat horns board administrator University, and participated in the
commentary by Dr.. Ezzeddine Choukri Vhir Secretary General of Evacuee
Top of culture, and d. Yasmin Farooq professor at the Faculty of
Economics and Political Science at the University of Cairo, in Tahrir
Square East Room on Tuesday, May 31.
- She Participated in the
activities of the Sixth Annual Forum newspaper UAE Federation, which is
titled (the Arab world .. Where to?!) In the city of Abu Dhabi on
October 20, .2011
- Invitation of the
Festival of the spouse of the National Council for Culture, Arts and
Letters co-writer Zainab Hefni in the evening with the narrative critic
Fahd Hussein from Bahrain and novelist Fawzia Howaish of Kuwait in the
hall of National Library of Kuwait on Wednesday, January 25, 2012.
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Some of
her short stories have been
translated into English, French, Dutch,
beside that the magazine
"Banipal" translated
the first chapter of her
novel "I do not cry"
in to the English language.
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Her novel "features" and "pillow for your
love" have been translated into English.
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She has signed
her books in the most of Arab Countries, and she has been hosted in
important Arab salons and in a number of the known Arab satellite
channels. She spoke through these
meetings about summary of her works and about the Saudi woman's rights
exactly, and her permanent defense about the freedom of expression that
preoccupies the International public opinion. Besides a great amount of
press conferences that were held with her, through newspapers and
different Arab and International prints.
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Postal Code : 21424
Jeddah / The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |