Aida Najjar
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Born12 December 1938
Lifta, Palestine
Died5 February 2020 (aged 81)
Amman, Jordan
OthernamesAida Ali Ismail Najjar
Occupation(s)Writer and researcher
Aida Najjar | |
|---|---|
عايدة النجار | |
| Born | 12 December 1938 Lifta, Palestine |
| Died | 5 February 2020 (aged 81) Amman, Jordan |
| Other names | Aida Ali Ismail Najjar |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and researcher |
Aida Najjar (Arabic: عايدة النجار) (12 December 1938 – 5 February 2020) was a Palestinian-Jordanian writer and researcher.[1]
Najjar was born in Lifta on 12 December 1938. She obtained her bachelor from Cairo University in 1960, the master from the University of Kansas in 1965 and PhD from Syracuse University in 1975. The title of her PhD thesis is The Arabic Press and Nationalism in Palestine, 1920-1948.[2] She worked at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and FAO.[1]
Najjar wrote several literary and non-literary books. The most prominent of these books are "Al-Quds and the Shalabiyya girl" and "History of the Palestinian Press".[3][4]
