Liana Badr Books

Palestinian novelist and short story writer. She was born in Jerusalem in 1952. She moved with her family to Jericho, where her father worked as a doctor. She fled with her family to Jordan in 1967 after the setback and Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which is what remained of historic Palestine. She studied at the University of Jordan, but did not complete her studies there, as she obtained a BA in General Psychology from Beirut Arab University. She worked as a journalist in Beirut from 1975 until 1982. She married Yasser Abed Rabbo, a Palestinian politician, and moved to Damascus in 1982, the year the Palestine Liberation Organization left Beirut. She moved to Tunisia to live with her husband, before returning with him to Ramallah. After her return, she was appointed Director General of Cinema in the Ministry of Culture and Information, whose portfolio was held by her husband in the Palestinian Authority. She coordinated a number of film festivals and set up a cinema club in the Palestinian autonomous areas. She and her husband co-signed the Geneva Document, an unofficial document that proposes a political solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, and ignores the right of Palestinian refugees to return and other issues, which has led to its widespread Palestinian rejection. After assuming her position at the Ministry of Culture and Information, she studied cinematic arts, and studied the art of documentary directing and screenwriting. The Ministry of Culture and Information has funded the production of a number of documentaries on the situation of the Palestinians and their suffering under the occupation. In 1999, she directed her first film about the Palestinian poet Fadwa Toukan, entitled Fadwa, a Poet from Palestine. Liana Badr wrote the script for the film, and her eldest son Bashar Abd Rabbo supervised the setting of the film's music, and the editing was supervised by Qais Al-Zubaidi. In 2001, she directed and wrote the script for a movie called Zeitounat, which was filmed by Abd al-Salam Shehadeh, and also edited by Qais al-Zubaidi, while the music was put by her son Bashar Abd Rabbo. In 2002, she wrote the script and directed the movie, The Green Bird, filmed by Moanes Zahalka, and edited by Philip Hezo, while the film's scenes were accompanied by the music of Bashar Abed Rabbo. In 2002, the Palestinian Ministry of Culture and Information, with the support of the United Arab Emirates and foreign institutions, funded the transformation of one of her stories into a film with two titles: Jerusalem on Another Day, and Rana’s Wedding. Liana Badr was content to write the script for the film, while her son Bashar Abd Rabbo wrote the music, and the film was directed by Hani. Abu Assad. Ministry officials said the second name was developed for non-Arabic versions to make it accessible to Western viewers. In 2003, she directed and wrote the script for a movie called Siege. In this film, she did not only write the script and directing, but also set out to shoot the film, while her son Bashar set the music. As for the year 2006, another film was directed by her, entitled Open .. Closed, and it appears from its title that it talks about the Israeli checkpoints. She also wrote stories for children, including a story entitled A cat that does not say Nyaw, but critics believe that the story did not succeed in conveying what it wants to children, and critic Jamal Al-Sahlout says, "Since the story is written for children, after I read it three times, I gave it to a boy and a girl of fourteen years old. And after they read it, I found that they did not understand anything of it, then I gave it to others at the age of eighteen, and they did not understand it either, knowing that four of them are among the first in academic achievement, and among those who read some of what is written for children and even for adults, and this in turn raises a serious question about The book that they write for children, and for what age are they writing??And what is the desired benefit of writing??If the group the writing is directed to does not understand the content, then we find ourselves in front of another question, which is: What is the use of writing such stories?? She published the following novels: A Compass for Sunflowers in 1979, The Mirror’s Eye, 1991, The Stars of Jericho, 1993. She also published several short story collections: Stories of Love and Pursuit, 1983, A Balcony on the Fakihani, 1983, I Want Day, 1985, My Mind’s Hell, 1992, as it turned for her. A single poetry collection called Lilies of Light. As for her stories for children, they are: A Journey in Colors, which was published by Dar Al-Ruwad in Beirut in 1981. Firas makes a sea for the Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing with the Arab Experimental Workshop for Children’s Books in Beirut 1981. At the school for Dar Al-Fata Al-Arabi in Beirut in 1983