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			Diana Abu-Jaber

	Born	Syracuse, New York
	Occupation	Novelist, professor at Portland State University
	Nationality	American
	Website
	www.dianaabujaber.com


Diana Abu-Jaber (Arabic: ديانا أبو جابر) is an American author and a professor at Portland State University.[1]


Contents


	1 Early life and education
	2 Writing
	3 Academic appointments
	4 Bibliography
	5 References
	6 External links





Early life and education[edit]

Abu-Jaber was born in Syracuse, New York. Her father was Jordanian[2] with a Palestinian Jerusalemite mother; Diana's mother was American, descended from Irish and German roots.[1] At the age of seven, she moved with her family for two years to Jordan. She received a BA in English and Creative Writing from the State University of New York at Oswego, an MA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor, and a PhD in English and Creative Writing from Binghamton University.[3] She divides her time between Miami and Portland.[1]


Writing[edit]

Abu-Jaber writes about Arab and Arab-American culture and identity, often using the culture of food and food production.[2]


Academic appointments[edit]

	1990 - Visiting Assistant Professor, English, Iowa State University[citation needed]
	1990–1995 - Assistant Professor, English, University of Oregon[citation needed]
	1996–present - Writer-in-Residence/Professor, English Department, Portland State University


Bibliography[edit]

	Fiction


	Arabian Jazz (1993) - Oregon Book Award (1994)
	Crescent (2003) - PEN Center USA Award for Literary Fiction (1994), Twenty Noteworthy Novels of 2003 by The Christian Science Monitor
	Origin (2007)
	Birds Of Paradise (2011)


	Nonfiction/Memoir


	The Language of Baklava (2005)
	Life Without a Recipe (2016)


	Young Adult Fiction


	Silverworld (2020)


Essays


	The Other Woman: Twenty-one Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly About Sex, Deception, Love, and Betrayal includes "The Lost City of Love"


References[edit]


	^ a b c 
Loomis, Linda (4 November 2018). "Diana Abu-Jaber to tell Gifford audience how CNY made her a writer". Syracuse. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

	^ a b 

Fuller, Emily (12 April 2017). "The Meaning Of Food For Award-Winning Author Diana Abu-Jaber". OPB News. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

	^ 
"Portland State College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: English Department | Diana Abu-Jaber, Ph.D." www.pdx.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-16.





External links[edit]

		Wikiquote has quotations related to: Diana Abu-Jaber


	"My Elizabeth," a short story by Diana Abu-Jaber
	Portland State Faculty Profile
	2011 radio interview (one hour) at The Bat Segundo Show


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	 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n92108317














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