born in 1942 in Nabulus of the West Bank. After teaching at the university of Birzeit, in the Palestinian occupied territories, she studied Anglo-Saxon literature in the US, at the University of Iowa, before returning to Palestine in 1988. There she founded The Center for Feminine Studies. She is considered as one of the most prominent Palestinian writers. Her works include several novels and essays translated in several languages, including Hebrew, as well as non-fiction writing. the story of Wild thorns tells of feminism in post colonial oppersion and the different responses to Israeli occupation sustained by Palestinians. "Surviving" under colonial rules and its dependency on the militancy as a necessary means of resistance.
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