Maryam Salama
Encyclopedia
Maryam Ahmed Salama is a Libya
n writer and poet born in Tripoli. She received her undergraduate degree from the Department of Literature and Culture at al-Fateh University in 1987 and works currently in the field of translation with an emphasis on historical studies. Her works of prose and poetry have been published in Libyan and foreign newspapers and magazines. She currently works at the Old Cities Project in Tripoli Ms. Salama has a number of book titles to her credit including Dreams of a Captive Girl (Ahlam Tifla Sajin).
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
n writer and poet born in Tripoli. She received her undergraduate degree from the Department of Literature and Culture at al-Fateh University in 1987 and works currently in the field of translation with an emphasis on historical studies. Her works of prose and poetry have been published in Libyan and foreign newspapers and magazines. She currently works at the Old Cities Project in Tripoli Ms. Salama has a number of book titles to her credit including Dreams of a Captive Girl (Ahlam Tifla Sajin).
List of Works
- Dreams of an Impisoned Child, poetry (Ahlam tifla sajina). Libya: Dar al-Firjani, 1992
- Nothing but the Dream, poetryh (La shay'siwa al bulm). Libya: Dar al-Firjani, 1992
- "From Door to Door", short story. Translating Libya: The Modern Libyan Short Story translated by Ethan Chorin. Saqi Press/SOAS. 2008