Sahar Mandour

Sahar Mandour (born 1977) is a Lebanese-Egyptian novelist.

Life

Sahar Mandour was born in Beirut to a Lebanese mother and Egyptian father. She studied psychology at Saint Joseph University in Beirut, before becoming a journalist.

Mandour's novel 32 portrayed female friendships in Beirut, caught in "coexistence between bombs and parties".

Works

• sa’arsum najma ‘ala jabÄ«n fÄ«yenā [I'll Draw a Star on Vienna's Forehead], Beirut, 2007.
• ḥubb beirÅ«tÄ« [A Beiruti Love], 2009.
• 32, 2010. Translated from the Arabic as 32 by Nicole Fares, 2016.
• mÄ«nā [Mina], 2012.

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