Selma Dabbagh (Arabic: سلمى الدباغ) (born 1970) is a British-Palestinian writer and lawyer. Her 2011 novel, Out of It, inspired by the 2008 Gaza Air Strikes, was nominated for a Guardian Book of the Year award in 2011 and 2012.
Early life and education
Born in Dundee, Scotland, Dabbagh is the daughter of a Palestinian father from Jaffa and an English mother. She lived variously in Dundee, Reading, High Wycombe and Jeddah during her early childhood before moving to Kuwait at eight years old.
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