My Biography

Maha Kabbani is a Syrian writer who lives in the coastal Syrian city of Lattakia. Maha studied English literature at Tishreen University in Lattakia and taught English for many years in her beloved city. She has always had literary interests and she acquired such interest from her father. Maha's father, Musa Kabbani, was fond of literature in all its kinds, and he also loved music and politics. Maha found herself in a home with a revolutionary father who fought against the French colonisation of Syria and was a member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. Musa's intellect, ambition, and his kindness and loving spirit inspired Maha to dream big and achieve her dreams. Maha passionately loved literature and wrote poetry under the influence of her passionate feelings imbued with love, spirituality, and a passion for nature and the Mediterranean Sea. One day, the well-known Lebanese poetess and journalist, Fadia Alkheshen, wrote her and encouraged her to write a novel and thus the journey began. Her first work is the novel "Aida", in which she deals with the life of a group of young people before and after the beginning of the war on Syria. Just like the lives of many Syrians, Aida is a novel full of events, of love, joy and also sadness.