The Modern Novel

Biography

Najwa Bin Shatwan (also Najwa Binshatwan) was born in 1970 in Ajdabiya. She took a master’s degree in education, and then worked as a lecturer at Garyounis University. She also took a doctoral degree in humanities from La Sapienza University in Rome, Italy. Her doctoral research focused on the slave trade in Libya and the repercussions on Libyan society and organization in the Ottoman period (1552-1911). She is currently an assistant lecturer at Garyounis University. She has written articles for various publications and websites. She has written stories, novels, a play and poetry.

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Najwa Bin Shatwan (Binshatwan)
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Reading with Najwa Bin Shatwan
The Reeling City (story by Bin Shatwan)