Mohja Kahf

**Mohja Kahf** ( , An haife ta a shekara ta 1967 a Damascus) mawaƙiya Ba'amurkiya 'yar Siriya ce, marubuci, kuma farfesa. Ta rubuta *Waƙoƙin Hagar* waɗanda suka sami karramawa a cikin lambar yabo ta shekarar 2017 na Littafi Mai Tsarki na Gidan Tarihi na Ƙasar Larabawa. Ita ce mai karɓar lambar yabo ta Pushcart don maƙalarta na ƙirƙira, "The Caul of Inshallah" da memba ƙungiyar wasanni ta hukuma Arkansas a shekara ta 2002 akan waƙa. An nuna waƙarta a cikin ɓangarorin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na Amurka Jenny Holzer.  

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Kahf a Damascus, Siriya. A cikin watan Maris 1971, tana da shekaru uku da rabi, ta ƙaura zuwa Amurka. Ta taso ne a gidan musulmai masu ibada. Duk iyayenta sun zo Amurka a matsayin dalibai a Jami'ar Utah. Kahf da danginta sun koma Indiana bayan iyayenta sun sami digiri na jami'a. Lokacin da take aji na goma, ita da danginta sun ƙaura zuwa New Jersey. A cikin shekara ta1984, Kahf ta zauna a Iraki na ɗan lokaci kaɗan. A lokacin kwaleji ta yi semester daya a matsayin daliba mai ziyara a jami’ar Sarki Abdulaziz da ke Jeddah, Saudi Arabiya.

Kakan mahaifiyar Kahf ya kasance ɗan majalisar dokokin Siriya a shekarar 1950, amma an kore shi daga Siriya saboda adawa da gwamnatin Baath. Mahaifinta memba ne na ƙungiyar 'yan uwa musulmi, ƙungiyar da aka haramtawa kasar Siriya, kuma a dalilin haka aka yi gudun hijira daga Siriya.

Kahf ta sauke karatu daga Kwalejin Douglass a shekarar 1988  sannan ta sami Ph.D. a cikin fagen kwatancen wallafe-wallafe daga Rutgers, Jami'ar Jihar New Jersey a cikin shekarar 1994. A shekarar 1995 ta zama farfesa a Jami'ar Arkansas  inda ta yi aiki a cikin Shirin Kwatanta Adabi da Nazarin Al'adu, kuma memba ce a Cibiyar King Fahd na yankin Gabas ta Tsakiya da Nazarin Musulunci a Jami'ar Arkansas, Fayetteville.

A lokacin aikinta a Rutgers, Kahf ta koyar da ka'idojin mata, matan gwagwarmayar Falasɗinu, da mata masu fafutuka na Black Power. Bayan ta koma Arkansas, Kahf ta yi aiki na wani lokaci a kan kwamitin Ozark Poets da Writers Collective, ta shiga cikin shagunan wakoki na gida kuma, bayan da ta ci nasara a kan "Team Ozarks" tare da Brenda Moossy, Lisa Martinovic, da Pat Jackson, wakilci. yankin tare da ƙungiyar mata duka a shekara 1999 National Poetry Slam a Chicago,   

Kahf ya kasance memba na RAWI, Radius na Marubutan Larabawan Amurka, wanda aka kafa a shekarar 1993 Kahf a halin yanzu memba ce na Kungiyar Ta'addanci ta Siriya. A shekarar 2011, Kahf da 'yarta sun ziyarci kan iyakar Turkiyya zuwa Siriya domin yin aiki da 'yan gudun hijirar Siriya. Kahf ta rubuta game da abin da ya faru a cikin maƙalar "Hanyar 'ya ta Siriya."

Kahf ya halarci jerin gwanon zanga-zangar nuna adawa da yakin da Amurka ke yi a Iraki.

## Aikin adabi
Aikin Kahf ya binciko jigogi na rashin jituwar al'adu da cuɗanya tsakanin musulmi Ba'amurke da sauran al'ummomi, na addini da na zamani. Siriya, Musulunci, da'a, siyasa, mata, 'yancin ɗan adam, jiki, jinsi, da kuma batsa sau da yawa suna bayyana a cikin aikinta. A cikin littafinta na waka, *Emails From Schherazad*, Kahf ta yi bincike kan al'adun Larabawa da musulmi daban-daban, ta yin amfani da ban dariya akai-akai. Ta sake fasalin mata da yawa na al'adar Musulunci, musamman a cikin *Wakokin Hajara.*

*Waƙoƙin Hagar* sun sami lambar yabo a cikin lambar yabo ta shekarar 2017 na Gidan Tarihi na Ƙasar Larabawa. Kahf ta sami lambar yabo ta Pushcart don rubutunta na ƙirƙira, "The Caul of Inshallah," game da wahalar haihuwar ɗanta, wanda aka fara bugawa a *Kogin Teeth* a shekarar 2010. Littafin waƙa na farko na Kahf, *Imel Daga Scheherazad*, ya kasance ɗan wasan ƙarshe na lambar yabo ta Paterson Poetry na shekarar 2004. Littafinta *The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf* ya kasance "Littafi ɗaya" yana karantawa a Jami'ar Indiana Gabas (Richmond, Indiana) a cikin shekarar 2017. An zaɓi littafin a matsayin Rukunin Karatun Littafi Mai Tsarki na Yuni a shekarar 2007 kuma a matsayin littafin shekara don Littafin Ɗaya, Tsarin Bloomington na Bloomington Arts Council, Laburaren Jama'a na Monroe County, Bloomington, Indiana, 2008. Kahf ta lashe lambar yabo ta ƙungiyar wasanni ta Arkansas a cikin shekarar 2002 don waƙa.

A cikin 2004, Kahf tana da shafi da ke binciko batutuwan jima'i akan shafin yanar gizon musulmi na MuslimWakeUp!.com. An kira wannan shafi mai suna "Sex and the Umma" kuma ta gabatar da gajerun labarai daga wurinta, wanda kuma ya karbi bakuncin baƙo marubuta a shafin, ciki har da Randa Jarrar, Michael Muhammad Knight, da Laila Al-Marayati. Asalin shafi na farko da aka buga, ɗan gajeren labari na Kahf, "Sahabbai masu sha'awa," daga baya an sake buga shi a gidan yanar gizon loveinshallah.com. Aikin da Kahf ta yi akan "Sex da Umma" ya jawo mata mummunar hari...marubuciyar, duk da cewa a lokaci guda ta kasance mai wasa da ɓarna a baki da jigo, amma da alama tana gabatar da wani salo na addinin Islama...na ƙara samun ci gaba. .daya" cewar Layla Maleh.

Waƙar Kahf ta fito a cikin ɓangarorin ƴan wasan kwaikwayo na Amurka Jenny Holzer. Waƙarta mai suna "Abokai Biyu Kamar Wuta" an saita shi zuwa kiɗan da Joseph Gregorio ya tsara, wanda Ƙungiyar Mata ta Ƙungiyar Darektan Choral ta Amurka ta ba da izini, kuma Soli Deo Gloria Women Chorale ta kaddamar. An fassara aikin Kahf zuwa Jafananci, Italiyanci,  da Larabci. Wakokinta sun fito a cikin shirin shirin BBC, *Wakoki daga Syria*.

## Ayyukan da aka buga

### Waka

* *Wakokin Hagar*, 2016, Jami'ar Arkansas Press 
* *Saƙonnin imel daga Scheherazad* 2003, Jami'ar Press na Florida
* masoyina yana ciyar da ni 'ya'yan inabi. 2020. latsa 53.

## Manazarta