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Hiyam Qablan

Hiyam Qablan is a Druze Arab poet and short story writer from Isfiya who has published several books of verse and fiction.

born 1956Arabic poetry and short storiesThe column On the Wings of a FeatherPaintings of Druze women

Occupation
poet, short story writer
Education
University of Haifa

Hiyam Qablan was born in 1956 in Isfiya

Hiyam Qablan was born in 1956 in the village of Isfiya. She went to primary school there and attended high school at the Franciscan Sisters' School in Nazareth.

She studied history and education at the University of Haifa. She also studied Arabic language and literature, general education and special education at the Arab College of Education.

She lives in Daliyat al-Karmel, where she worked as an Arabic teacher until her retirement. Her first book, Hops on the Roads, came out in 1975, and she has published several volumes of poetry and short fiction. She wrote a regular column called On the Wings of a Feather in al-Sinnara.

Her poems have been translated into Hebrew and English, and she takes part in poetry festivals, including one at Sde Boker College. She is also a painter and held a solo show at the Artists House in Tel Aviv in 2015. Her art focuses on the figure of the woman and the life of a Druze woman in a closed, conservative society.

Hiyam Qablan's life in 3 milestones

  1. 1956

    Born in Isfiya.

  2. 1975

    Published her first book, Hops on the Roads.

  3. 2015

    Held a solo art show at the Artists House in Tel Aviv.

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Based on English Wikipedia, Hiyam Qablan and Hebrew Wikipedia, היאם קבלאן, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

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