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Samar Habib Samar Habib i(A87037 works by) (a.k.a. Samar A. Habib)
Born: Established: Beirut,
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Lebanon,
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Middle East, Asia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Islands in Space : Selected Poems Samar Habib , Glebe : Nebula Press , 2008 Z1621017 2008 selected work poetry
1 Untitled i "The darkness within", Samar Habib , 2005-2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arabesques : Cultures & Dialogue 2005-2007;
1 Untitled i "In the night the paper parapet rustles like leaves", Samar Habib , 2005-2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arabesques : Cultures & Dialogue 2005-2007;
1 Untitled i "Every year they gather in the holy city", Samar Habib , 2005-2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arabesques : Cultures & Dialogue 2005-2007;
1 On the Private Thoughts of a Militant i "We operate on the theory that every one of them is a killer", Samar Habib , 2005-2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arabesques : Cultures & Dialogue 2005-2007;
1 Sydney Airport, November 1, 1991... i "Waiting at customs, thank fuck we’re here.", Samar Habib , 2005-2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arabesques : Cultures & Dialogue 2005-2007;
1 y separately published work icon A Tree Like Rain Samar Habib , Glebe : Nebula Press , 2005 Z1621000 2005 single work novel fantasy

'The narrative shifts between two seemingly disparate worlds which are actually humanity’s present and potentially far-distant future, though occasionally these converge, in characters’ dreams for instance.

'In today’s middle-class US, boredom motivates Liberty to write a novel about her partly estranged husband, while it drives him and her high school best friend to play an elaborate prank on the authorities.

'In the city of Megra, so far in our future that even America has been forgotten, brilliant 15-year-old scientist c7s47 – Alex to a few – tries to persuade the powerful research institute he works for to back his revolutionary theory which he claims will facilitate world peace. For humankind is still bent on conquest, despite the consequences.'

Source:

Louise Maral, 'A Cautionary Tale from an Imaginative Mind', University of Sydney News, 6 December 2005. (http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=810). (Sighted: 5/3/2015)
1 y separately published work icon Nebula Samar Habib (editor), Glebe : Samar Habib , 2004 Z1365522 2004 periodical (11 issues) 'Nebula is unique in that it is an academic journal/magazine that is not limited to a particular subject or faculty and it allows some of the most skilled specialists to offer their knowledge and research in generalist language, encouraging inter-disciplinary reading.'
1 'I'm Sorry, Don't Turn Around...' i "I'm sorry, don't turn around", Samar Habib , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Philament , April no. 3 2004;
1 'No One Can be Quite as Good a Poet as You Are...' i "no one can be quite as good a poet as you are,", Samar Habib , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Philament , April no. 3 2004;
1 Untitled i "It hath might enough to give soul shape,", Samar Habib , 1998 single work poetry
— Appears in: Joussour : Australian Quarterly Literary Magazine , no. 5 1998; (p. 61-62)
1 The Cocoon Nejmeh Khalil-Habib , 1998 single work short story
— Appears in: Joussour : Australian Quarterly Literary Magazine , no. 5 1998; (p. 55-58)
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