Huzama Habayeb (Arabic: ????????? ????????? (listen)) is a Palestinian novelist, storyteller, columnist, translator, and poet who has won multiple awards such as Mahmoud Seif Eddin ?Al-Erani Award for Short Stories, Jerusalem Festival of Youth Innovation in Short Stories, and Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.
Upon graduating from Kuwait University in 1987 with a BA.
degree in English language and Literature, she pursued careers in journalism, teaching, and translation before she eventually started to write professionally as a published author.
She is a member of both the Jordanian Writers Association and the Arab Writers Federation.