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Muna Imady


Born
in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
February 18, 1962

Died
April 23, 2016

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Genre
Classics, Cookbooks, Nonfiction


Muna Imady was born to an American mother and a Syrian father. She earned a BA in English Literature and a diploma in English-Arabic Translation from Damascus University, as well as a Maitrise from the Sorbonne.

Imady has designed for children a beginner's English reading course, and has written several text books for teaching children English as a second language. She has also written and translated many short Arabic children's stories which were published in several Arabic magazines.

She had a lifelong interest in folktales and promised herself that one day she would write a book of the folktales she had collected.

Imady lived in Damascus with her husband Dr. Nizar Zarka and her three children Nour, Sammy, and Kareem. She taught English as ...more

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Average rating: 4.54 · 105 ratings · 44 reviews · 3 distinct works
Syrian Folktales
4.51 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions
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Kan Ya Ma Kan: Folktales an...
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Damascus Amid the War
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“Writing is the only thing that keeps my mind away from the sad things happening around me.”
― Muna Imady
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“Syrians reduced to numbers
Announced on TV broadcasts
Transformed to names,
Printed on death announcements
Engraved on headstones
Cherished by beloved ones alone
--from "A Damascene Wedding" (Wild River Review)”
― Muna Imady
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