Najwa Binshatwan
Najwa Bin Shatwan (born 1970) is a Libyan academic and novelist, the first Libyan to ever be shortlisted for the International Prize of Arabic Fiction. Known mostly for her book "The Slave Yards."
Quotes
[edit]- Creativity is what generally propels me to write. [1]
- I wanted to create joy from pain and vice versa, and I think I succeeded.[1]
- My thoughts are my food and books are my capital. [1]
- The instinct of fear within me is always active. It is almost a separate gland in my body, since I have always lived in fear. I am even afraid when crossing a one-way street. [2]
- It was like the effect of the light of the moon on water, and perfume on the air, and a lavender field on the wind. [2]
- My journey of a thousand miles began when I stumbled. [2]
- What you consider unreasonable, logically fallic, or absurd is our ordinary reality. . . [3]
- Words are like gunpowder—they can ignite at any moment [3]
- The type of writing that touches open wounds is not welcome; people prefer to proceed with their lives in denial [3]