Sahar Khalifeh () (born 1941) is a Palestinian writer. She has written eleven novels, which have been translated into English, French, Hebrew, German, Spanish, and many other languages. One of her best-known works is the novel ''Wild Thorns'' (1976). She has won international prizes, including the 2006 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, for ''The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant''. Khalifeh obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Birzeit University, Palestine.
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