Nada awar jarrar biography of mahatma gandhi

PERSONAL:

Born in Lebanon; married; husband's name Bassem; children: Zeina (daughter).

ADDRESSES:

Home— Beirut, Lebanon.

CAREER:

Writer.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Commonwealth Best First Book award for Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, 2004, for Somewhere, Home.

WRITINGS:

NOVELS

Somewhere, Home, Heinemann (London, England), 2003.

Dreams of Water, HarperCollins (London, England), 2007.

SIDELIGHTS:

Nada Awar Jarrar is a Lebanese novelist, born and raised in Beirut, and has continued to live there with her husband, Bassem, and their daughter, Zeina.

However, when Israel attacked Beirut in July, 2006, she and her family were forced to leave the city and flee into the mountains, in hopes of finding a safer place to stay. The move is frightening for family members, both those within the country and those living elsewhere or traveling.

War means rations, short supplies of necessary goods, concern about access to medication, and unreliable sources of power