Poet and Novelist Heba Abu Nada, 32, Reported Dead in Israeli Bombardment
Poet and novelist Heba Abu Nada, author of the novel Oxygen is Not for the Dead (2017), died under bombardment in Khan Yunis on Friday, the Palestinian Ministry of Culture announced.
Born in Mecca in 1991, Abu Nada studied biochemistry at the Islamic University of Gaza and completed a Master’s in clinical nutrition.
In 2017, she took second place in the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity in the novel category for her debut, Oxygen is Not for the Dead.
Author Abdalhadi Alijla wrote on Twitter, “With great sadness we mourn one of the most talented Gaza feminist poet and novelist, Heba Abu Nada. Her novel named, ‘Oxygen is not for the dead’. She wrote yesterday,’If we die, know that we are content and steadfast, and convey on our behalf that we are people of truth.’…….. Oh gosh Heba.”
October 20, 2023 @ 11:58 pm
This is terribly, terribly sad news. I mourn the loss of all lives in this miserable conflict.
October 21, 2023 @ 12:00 am
I am extremely saddened to hear this. This is a real loss.
October 21, 2023 @ 12:28 am
So sad to hear this.
October 21, 2023 @ 1:30 pm
Unbelievable and so sad. One new victim together with all her fellow victims, silenced by anger and hate, the opposite of what she was. 💔
October 21, 2023 @ 1:32 pm
Oxygen is Not for the Dead. , sadly enough are these words the truth now for all the victims.
October 21, 2023 @ 4:49 pm
Rest in Power.
Does anyone know where I can get her novel in EU/Germany?
October 21, 2023 @ 7:29 pm
Nós, mulheres leitoras brasileiras, sentimos muito! PAZ!
October 22, 2023 @ 10:29 am
So sad and a crime!
Her voice so beautiful and full of peave and tender resistance to this horrible war. I hope she will be unforgotten!
Maja
October 22, 2023 @ 2:18 pm
Maybe check with Khan Al Janoub bookstore, in Potsdamer Straße 151, 10783 Berlin. +49(0)3042850098
Their website is available in Arabic only, but they communicate fluently in German and also English.
October 23, 2023 @ 9:27 am
No more oxygen for her, no more oxygen for thousands like her. A heart wrenching loss of a life, a dream, and a talent.
October 23, 2023 @ 11:10 am
Another sad loss and her talent will be missed.
October 28, 2023 @ 5:45 am
I’m so sad we’ve lost another luminary. Do you happen to know where to find English translations of her work? I’m having trouble finding anything online.
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