Elmaz Abinader

**Elmaz Abinader** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1954 a Pennsylvania ) marubuciya ce 'yar Amurka, mawaƙiya, mai wasan kwaikwayo, farfesa a Turanci a Kwalejin Mills kuma wacce ta kafa Gidauniyar Muryoyin Al'ummarmu ta Fasaha (VONA) . Asalinta ɗan Lebanon ne. A shekara ta 2000, ta sami lambar yabo ta PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award saboda kundin waƙoƙinta *na "In the Country of My Dreams"...*

## Rayuwa da aiki
Iyayen Abinader sun yi ƙaura zuwa Amurka daga Lebanon.  An haifi Abinader a Masontown,  wata ƙaramar al'umma mai hakar kwal a kudu maso yammacin Pennsylvania, kuma ta girma a Carmichaels,  tana zaune tare da iyayenta da 'yan uwanta biyar a cikin gida mai tushe sosai a cikin al'adun Lebanon.  Su kaɗai ne dangin Larabawa a garin.  Ta yi yarintarta wajen taimaka wa shagon iyalinta,  tana halartar cocin Katolika sau biyu a rana, kuma tana mai da hankali kan karatunta. Abinader da 'yan uwanta sun fuskanci ƙalubale saboda ƙabilarsu.  Ta kammala karatunta a Makarantar Sakandare ta Carmichaels Area a 1971. 

Abinader ta sami digirin farko a fannin Rubutu da Sadarwa daga Jami'ar Pittsburgh a shekarar 1974. A wannan lokacin ne ta rungumi gadonta ta kuma rubuta game da tarihin iyalinta, wanda Yaƙin Basasa na Lebanon ya haifar da shi da kuma tasirinsa kan ra'ayin Amurkawa game da mutanen Lebanon.  Ta sami digirin MFA a fannin Waƙa daga Jami'ar Columbia, Makarantar Fasaha Rubuta Waƙoƙi, a shekarar 1978.  A shekarar 1985, ta kammala karatun digirin digirgir a Jami'ar Nebraska–Lincoln, tare da digirinta na uku, *Letters from Home: Stories of Fathers and Sons* . 

A ƙarshen shekarar 1985, Abinader ta koyar da "almara, waƙa, fina-finai da rubuce-rubucen talabijin" a Kwalejin Marymount Manhattan da Jami'ar Nebraska. 

A watan Oktoban 1985, an naɗa Abinader a matsayin Schweitzer Humanities Fellowship a Jami'ar Jihar Albany, wanda aka tsara zai ci gaba har zuwa 1987.  A lokacin karatunta na jami'a, ta rubuta *Children of the Roojme* . 

A shekarar 1991, Abinader ta buga littafin tarihin rayuwarta, *Children of the Roojme: A Family's Journey from Lebanon*, wanda shine ɗaya daga cikin littattafan tarihin rayuwar Larabawa na farko da aka buga a al'ada.  A lokacin, tana aiki a matsayin farfesa a fannin Turanci a Kwalejin John Jay da ke Jami'ar City ta New York, tare da shirin fara aiki a matsayin farfesa a fannin almara da ba na almara ba a Jami'ar Jihar San Jose daga baya a wannan shekarar. 

A shekarar 1997, Abinader da Junot Díaz, Victor Díaz, da Diem Jones, sun kafa VONA/Voices, wani taron bita na marubuta masu launin fata da ke San Francisco. Abinader ta ci gaba da kasancewa cikin shirin tsawon shekaru ashirin da suka gabata, tare da koyar da bita. 

A shekara ta 2002, Abinader tana ɗaya daga cikin marubuta 15 da aka gayyata don su ba da gudummawa ga wani ƙaramin littafin tarihi da Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje ta buga, wanda ya mayar da hankali kan ma'anar zama ɗan Amurka.  

A halin yanzu Abinader tana koyar da rubuce-rubuce masu ƙirƙira a Kwalejin Mills . 

## Aiki
Littafin farko na Abinader, "Children of the Roojme: A Family's Journey from Lebanon" (Norton, 1991) wani littafi ne da ya ƙunshi tsararraki uku na iyalinta 'yan Lebanon da ƙalubalen neman gida daga ƙasarsu. Littafinta na biyu, In the Country of My Dreams..., tarin waƙoƙi ne da suka mayar da hankali kan nakasa da nau'ikansa daban-daban. Wannan tarin ya lashe kyautar adabi ta PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles don Waƙoƙin Al'adu da Yawa a shekarar 2000 da kuma lambar yabo ta Goldies don Adabi.

Tare da littattafanta, ta rubuta kuma ta yi wasa a cikin wasannin kwaikwayo na mace ɗaya: *Under The Ramadan Moon,* *Country of Origin,* *32 Mohammeds,* *Voices From the Siege,* da *The Torture Quartet.* An yi wasanta na *Country of Origin* a Cibiyar Kennedy a shekarar 2009. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Tun daga shekarar 1991, Abinader ta auri Alan Lemke. 

## Littattafan tarihi

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** Republished 1997 by University of Wisconsin Press

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### Wasanni

* *Tunanin Zaman Lafiya*, Cibiyar Southbank, London UK, Oktoba 2010
* *Ƙasar Asalin*, Bikin Arabesques, Cibiyar Kennedy, Washington DC, Maris 2009
* *Ƙarya Wariyar Yaƙi*, Cibiyar Al'adu ta La Pena, Berkeley CA Maris 1, 2007
* *Dakatar da Gobara, Cibiyar Al'adu ta La Pena*, Berkeley, CA, Agusta 2006
* *Waƙa da Kiɗan Larabawan Amurkawa*, Amazon Lounge, Fresno CA, 20 ga Afrilu, 2006
* *Muryoyi daga Siege*, an fara gabatar da su a shekarar 2006, Cibiyar Al'adu ta La Pena, Berkeley
* *32 Mohammed*, Martin Segal Theatre, New York NY, Maris 3, 2005
* An fara buga *The Torture Quartet* a shekarar 2005, a Jami'ar San Francisco.
* *Flower Girl*, Wyoming Arts Council, Casper College, Casper WY, 2 ga Oktoba, 2004
* *Mohammed 32*, wanda aka fara gabatarwa, 2004 Jami'ar North Dakota 
* *Watan Ramadan*, wanda aka fara fitarwa a shekarar 2000, Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego
* *Ƙasar Asali*, an fara shi a shekarar 1997, Jami'ar California, Berkeley

## Kyaututtuka da wuraren zama

* Marubuta na 2013 a Gidan Zama, Babban Shagon Shakatawa na Ƙasa na Grand Canyon
* 2013 Residency Fellowship, Canserrat Artist Residency, Spain
* 2011 Koyarwa Fellowship, Taron Rubutu na Falasdinu
* Marubuci na 2010 a Gidan zama, El Gouna Writers Residency, Masar
* 2010 Quigley Fellowship na bazara
* Tallafin Ci gaban Malamai na 2010, Kwalejin Mills
* 2007 Arts Fellowship, Silicon Valley Arts Council, Almara
* 2006 Residency MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
* 2006 Residency, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA
* Shugaban Kwalejin Mills na 2003
* An zaɓi Kyautar Pushcart ta 2003 don *The Silence*
* 2003 Residency, Chateau La Vigny, Switzerland
* Kyautar Goldies ta 2002, Girmamawa ga Mai Tsaron San Francisco Bay a Fannin Fasaha
* Kyautar Adabi ta 2000 ta Oakland/Josephine Miles, Waƙoƙi
* Kyautar Drammy ta 1999, Kyautar Wasan Kwaikwayo ta Oregon, don *Ƙasar Asali*, a IFCC
* 1998–1999 Fulbright Babban Malami a Masar
* 1997–1998, 2000–2003 Quigley Fellowship
* 1994–2005 Tallafin Ci gaban Malamai, Kwalejin Mills
* 1996, 1995, 1994 Quigley Summer Fellowship
* Kyautar Mafi Kyau ta 1995, Girbin Marubuta, Raba Ƙarfinmu, Annapolis

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