Eman Quotah
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Eman Quotah | |
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 Quotah at Politics and Prose, 2023 | |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Arab-American |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College |
| Notable works | Bride of the Sea |
| Notable awards | Arab American Book Award (2022) |
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Eman Quotah is an Arab-American novelist. She won the 2022 Arab American Book Award.[1]
Quotah grew up in Jeddah and Cleveland Heights.[2] Her father is from Saudi Arabia, and her mother is from the United States.[3] They moved to Northeast Ohio to study at Case Western Reserve University when Quotah was a young child. While there, Quotah attended the Shaker Heights City School District. The family later moved to Jeddah, though they summered in Cleveland Heights.[4]
Her family was Muslim, and while in Jeddah, Quotah attended a Muslim school.[4]
Quotah graduated from Swarthmore College.[5]
Career
Quotah's short writing has appeared in Electric Literature.[6] Guernica,[7] and Markaz Review,[8] among other publications. Her debut novel, Bride of the Sea, was published in 2021.
Quotah was a John McClelland Historical Writing Resident with the Espy Foundation.[3]
