Ziad Khaddash

Ziad Khaddash
Born	(1964-06-28) 28 June 1964 (age 60) Jerusalem
Nationality	Palestinian
Occupation(s)	Author, short story writers, school teacher
Known for	Writing

Ziad Khaddash (Arabic: زياد خداش) is a Palestinian short-story writer, born in Jerusalem in 1964. He has twelve short story collections in his credit. He works as a teacher of creative writing in Ramallah schools.^[1] He received the Appreciation Award for the State of Palestine, and was qualified for the short list in the Literary Forum competition for the Arabic story in Kuwait for the year 2015.^[2]

Biography

Khaddash works as a teacher of the Arabic language.^[3] He participated in festivals and literary events in several countries like the World Story Forum in Istanbul, Bashir Talmudi Cultural Festival in Tunisia, International Poetry Festival in Manama, He also participated in several story nights in Dubai, Casablanca, Tunis and Beirut.

Published works

• نوما هادئا يا رام الله, Have a good night's sleep, Ramallah (1993)
• خذيني آلة موتي, Take me my death machine (1996)
• الشرفات ترحل ايضاً, Balconies go too (1999)
• كأن شخصا ثالثا كان بيننا, As if there was a third person among us (2000)
• شتاء ثقيل وامراة خفيفة, Heavy winter and light woman (2021)
• أوقات جميلة لاخطائنا النضرة, Beautiful times for our fresh mistakes (2022)
• خطأ النادل, waiter's fault (2006)
• أسباب رائعة للبكاء, Great reasons to cry (2015)^{[citation needed]}

Awards

• Winner of the Palestine Prize for Literature in 2015.^[4]

References

1. "زياد خداش – جريدة العربي الجديد (Ziad Khadash – The New Arab Newspaper)". alaraby.co.uk (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 July 2022.
2. "سيرتي الذاتية التي لم تحدث (My biography that never happened)". arab48.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
3. "زياد خداش ..القصة تقطير لمشاهد فن وأدب (Ziad Khadash..the story is a distillation of art and literature scenes)". mc-doualiya.com (in Arabic). 9 December 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
4. "محمد علي طه وزياد خداش يفوزان بجائزة فلسطين للآداب (Muhammad Ali Taha and Ziad Khadash win the Palestine Prize for Literature)". emaratalyoum.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 July 2022.