Shada Mustafa (شذى مصطفى) is a Palestinian novelist, best known for her novel ما تركت خلفي (English:Things I Left Behind)[1] which was shortlisted for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Literature 2021, Young Author category.[2]

Shada Mustafa
Born1995 (1995)
Palestine
Occupation
  • Writer
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut
Free University of Berlin
Notable worksما تركت خلفي (English: Things I left behind)

Early life and education

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Mustafa was born in Palestine, studied architecture in Lebanon at the American University of Beirut before moving to Germany.[3] She also has a master's degree in Human Geography from the Free University of Berlin.[4] She took part in the Lund School of Architecture Spring Exhibition of 2017.[5]

Career

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Her first novel ما تركت خلفي (English: Things I Left Behind) was published by Hachette Antoine in Arabic and by Banipal in English (ISBN 9781913043261), in 2020.[6][3][7] The book is fictional, although she described it as a fictional autobiography,[3] and is about two Palestinian sisters with divorced parents.[3] One sister falls in love with a man in Sweden.[3] The book it set in 2000, and includes themes of Israeli occupation, family dynamics, and women's liberation.[3][8] The book was translated into English by Nancy Roberts.[9]

Selected publications

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  • Shada Mustafa, ما تركت خلفي (English: Things I Left Behind), 2022, published by Hachette Antoine and Banipal
  • Lama Altakruri, Shayma Nader, Adele Jarrar, Shada Mustafa, Qusai Al Saify, Hiba Isleem, Jamila Ewais, and Fakhry Al-Serdawi, Reworlding Ramallah: A collection of Palestinian Science-Fiction Short Stories, Onomatopee (Germany) & Dar Laila Publishing (Palestine), 2019[10]

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