Aida Najjar Explained

Aida Najjar
Native Name:عايدة النجار
Other Names:Aida Ali Ismail Najjar
Native Name Lang:Arabic
Birth Date:12 December 1938
Birth Place:Lifta, Palestine
Death Place:Amman, Jordan
Occupation:Writer and researcher

Aida Najjar (Arabic: عايدة النجار) (12 December 1938 – 5 February 2020) was a Palestinian-Jordanian writer and researcher.[1]

Life

Najjar was born in Lifta on 12 December 1938. She obtained her bachelor from Cairo University in 1960, the master from the University of Kansas in 1965 and PhD from Syracuse University in 1975. The title of her PhD thesis is The Arabic Press and Nationalism in Palestine, 1920-1948.[2] She worked at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and FAO.[1]

Najjar wrote several literary and non-literary books. The most prominent of these books are "Al-Quds and the Shalabiyya girl" and "History of the Palestinian Press".[3] [4]

Death

On 5 February 2020, Najjar died in Amman, Jordan.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: الكوري. عمان-فاتن. 5 February 2020. الموت يغيب الباحثة الدكتورة عايدة النجار. 28 November 2020. Alrai. Arabic. 28 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201128172918/http://alrai.com/article/10522625. live.
  2. Aida Ali Najjar. . The Arabic Press and Nationalism in Palestine, 1920-1948. Syracuse University. 9781083851468. PhD. 1975.
  3. Web site: الدكتورة عايدة النجار. 28 November 2020. مجلة جنى. 28 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201128173508/http://www.jana.ps/articles/Article/77/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1. live.
  4. Web site: 26 October 2016. عايدة النجّار. 28 November 2020. وزارة الثقافة. ar. 28 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201128172221/https://culture.gov.jo/node/31010. live.
  5. Web site: رحيل الكاتبة والإعلامية الفلسطينية الأردنية عايدة النجار عن 81 عاما. 28 November 2020. www.aljazeera.net. ar. 28 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201128172158/https://www.aljazeera.net/news/cultureandart/2020/2/5/%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9. live.