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Dima Al Shukr

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Dima al-Shukr (born 1972) is a Syrian writer, critic and translator. She was born in Damascus. Her books on literary criticism include Prosody, Past and Present and Arabic Prosody in the 13th Century (Post Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad). As a translator from French to Arabic, she has translated the work of Régis Debray and Jean-Pierre Filiu. In 2022, her novel Where Is My Name? was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize.[1]

She lives in Paris.

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  1. ^ "Dima al-Shukr | International Prize for Arabic Fiction".