Hoda Barakat
هدى بركات
CountryLebanon
LanguagesModern Arabic
Dates1952 — present

Hoda Barakat is a Lebanese novelist. She lived most of her early life in Beirut before moving to Paris, where she now resides. She has published six novels, two plays, a book of short stories, and a book of memoirs. Her works are originally written in Arabic and have been translated into English, Hebrew, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Romanian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, and Greek.— Wikipedia
female author
muslim world