Laila Neihoum
{{Short description|Libyan writer, journalist, editor and poet}}
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| birth_name = Neihoum
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| birth_date = born 1961
| citizenship = Libya
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| occupation = *Journalist
- Writer
- Poet
- Editor
| employer = University of Iowa
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| notable_works = *Butterflies
- Melting Sun
- O My Libya
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Laila Neihoum ({{langx|ar|ليلى النيهوم}}, born 1961) is a Libyan writer, journalist, editor and poet.
Career
Neihoum is recognised a leading woman in re-shaping the literature scene in Libya.{{Cite web|url=https://arablit.org/2017/08/25/5-libyan-women-writers-re-shaping-the-literary-landscape/|title=5 Libyan Women Writers Re-shaping the Literary Landscape|last=mlynxqualey|date=2017-08-25|website=& Arablit|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}{{Failed verification|date=March 2020}} She was the first writer from there to be accepted to join the International Writers Programme at the University of Iowa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/laila-neihoum|title=Laila Neihoum|website=Words Without Borders|access-date=2019-12-06}} She has published online and in print, including a collection of poems and a collection of short stories.{{Cite web|url=https://hirshhorn.si.edu/explore/emerging-international-writers-respond-to-dont-be-afraid-billboard-at-the-hirshhorn-museum/|title=EMERGING INTERNATIONAL WRITERS RESPOND TO "don't be afraid" BILLBOARD AT THE HIRSHHORN MUSEUM|website=Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden {{!}} Smithsonian|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}} Her poetry reflects modern life in Libya, with poems like Butterflies of Meaning reflecting family and friendship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/butterflies-of-meaning|title=Butterflies of Meaning|last=Neihoum|first=Laila|website=Words Without Borders|date=29 July 2006 |access-date=2019-12-06}} Melting Sun discusses parental expectations.{{Cite web|url=https://iwp.uiowa.edu/sites/iwp/files/IWP2005_Neihoum_laila.pdf|title=Laila Neihoum: Poetry|last=|first=|date=|website=University of Iowa|access-date=}}
Neihoum has written about the Arab Spring and its impact on Libya.{{Cite web|url=https://readkutub.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/the-arab-spring-words-without-borders/|title=The Arab Spring – Words without Borders|last=readkutub|date=2011-08-21|website=Kutub|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}} She wrote O My Libya in 2011, to create a poetic manifesto for her country.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/o-my-libya|title=O My Libya|last=Neihoum|first=Laila|website=Words Without Borders|date=July 2011 |access-date=2019-12-06}} She is widely recognised in Libya and a leading contemporary writer{{Cite journal|last=Alryyes|first=Ala|date=2014-10-20|title=Poems for the millennium, volume four: Book of North African literature|journal=The Journal of North African Studies|volume=19|issue=5|pages=864–867|doi=10.1080/13629387.2014.930292|issn=1362-9387}}{{Failed verification|date=March 2020|reason=the review mentions Neihoum "This diwan also includes selections from Laila Neihoum" but that's all it says about her.}} and is also commentator on the arts scene in Libya.{{Cite web|url=https://en.qantara.de/content/translating-libya-non-political-stories-of-love-and-hardship|title="Translating Libya": Non-political Stories of Love and Hardship - Qantara.de|website=Qantara.de - Dialogue with the Islamic World|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}
Journalism
Regular commentary and editorial published in outlets in Libya, including “Albait,” “Almouatamer,” “Almajal” and “Four Seasons.”{{Cite web|url=https://iwp.uiowa.edu/91st/vol5-num2/iwp-40-some-images|title=IWP @ 40: Some images {{!}} The International Writing Program|website=iwp.uiowa.edu|access-date=2019-12-07}} Neihoum also publishes literary criticism.{{Cite web|url=https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1672&context=iwp_archive|title=Reality: a Creation of Mind|last=Neihoum|first=Laila|date=2005|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228114726/https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1672&context=iwp_archive|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 28, 2020|access-date=}} She has edited Tesenon a collection of young Libyan poets writing in the 1990s and a collections of global short stories Ofoq min lazaward (Azure Horizons).
References
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Category:Libyan women journalists
Category:21st-century Libyan women writers