Alawiya Sobh

• Name — Alawiya Sobh • Birth Name — Alawiya Sobh • Born — 1955 • Birthplace — Beirut, Lebanon • Occupation — Writer and novelist • Education — English & Arabic Literature • Alma Mater — Lebanese University Alawiya Sobh (born 1955) is a Lebanese writer and author.

Born in Beirut, Sobh studied English & Arabic Literature at the Lebanese University. Upon graduation in 1978, she pursued a career in teaching. She also began publishing articles and short stories, at first in An-Nida newspaper and then in An-Nahar. After a spell as cultural editor, she became editor-in-chief of Al-Hasnaa, a popular Arabic women's magazine, in 1986. In the early 1990s, she became editor-in-chief of women's magazine Snob Al-Hasnaa’. In 2009, Sobh served on the judging panel of the Beirut39 competition. Sobh is now dedicating her time only to writing.

Short Stories • Slumber of Days (1986) Novels (All novels were published originally at Dar Al Adab in their native Arabic language) • 2002 - Maryam Al-Hakaya (Maryam: Keeper of the Stories) • 2006 - Dunya (Life) • 2009 - Ismuhu Al-Gharam (It's Called Passion) • 2020 - An Taashak Al-Hayat (To Love Life) Translations • Maryam Al-Hayaka was translated into English by Seagull Books, into French by Gallimard and into German by Suhrkamp. • Dunya was translated into Italian by Mondadori. • Ismuhu Al-Gharam was translated into Italian by Mondadori and into Romanian by Polirom.