Shahla Ujayli

Shahla Ujayli teaches Modern Arabic Literature and Aesthetics at the American University in Madaba, Jordan. She is the author of four novels. Her The Cat’s Eye (2006) won the Jordan State Award for Literature 2009. Two of her novels Sky Close to Our House (2015) and Summer with the Enemy (2018) were shortlisted for International Prize for Arabic Fiction. She has also published two short story collections – The Latticed Window (2005) and Bed of the King’s Daughter (2016). The latter won Al-Multaqa Prize for Arabic Short Story awarded by the American University in Kuwait. Its English translation was shortlisted for Banipal Prize for Arabic translated literature in London. She has also written several books on literary criticism. Prof Ujayli had published her research papers in well recognised peer-reviewed international journals.