Rabai al-Madhoun

{{Short description|Palestinian journalist, novelist and writer}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Rabai al-Madhoun

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| birth_date = 1945

| birth_place = al-Majdal, British Mandatory Palestine

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| occupation = Journalist, novelist, writer

| nationality = Palestinian

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| alma_mater = Alexandria University

| genre = Fiction, non-fiction

| notable_works = The Lady from Tel Aviv, Destinies: Concerto of the Holocaust and the Nakba

| awards = International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2016)

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Rabai al-Madhoun (born 1945) is a Palestinian journalist, novelist and writer.[http://www.arabicfiction.org/author/12.html Profile on IPAF website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526172038/http://www.arabicfiction.org/author/12.html |date=2012-05-26 }} He was born in the village of al-Majdal in Palestine, near Ashkelon in present-day Israel. His family was driven out of Palestine in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. Madhoun grew up in the refugee camp of Khan Younis located in the Gaza Strip. He went to Alexandria University for higher education, and in 1973 turned to journalism as a career. He was also involved with the Palestinian liberation struggle in the 1970s as a member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, but quit politics in 1980 to focus on writing full-time. As a journalist, he worked in Beirut (Lebanon), Nicosia (Cyprus) and later on in London where he is now based. Currently a British citizen, Madhoun is an editor at the Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper.{{Cite web|url=http://www.literaturfestival.com/archive/participants/authors/2016/rabai-al-madhoun?set_language=en|title = Raba'i al Madhoun — internationales literaturfestival berlin}}

His books include both fiction and non-fiction.[http://www.emirateslitfest.com/archive2011/Rabai_Al_Madhoun Profile on EAFL website]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} His debut novel, The Lady from Tel Aviv, was shortlisted for the 2010 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (dubbed the "Arabic Booker Prize"). The novel has been translated into English by Elliott Colla. His third novel, Destinies: Concerto of the Holocaust and the Nakba was awarded the annual IPAF in April 2016.{{cite web | url=http://gulfnews.com/culture/books/palestine-building-a-state-of-art-without-land-1.1814966 | title=Palestine — building a state of art without land | publisher=Gulf News | date=30 April 2016 | accessdate=April 30, 2016}}