Sonya Beiruty | |
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سونيا بيروتي | |
Born | Sonia Aoun Beiruti Beirut, Lebanon |
Nationality | Lebanese |
Citizenship | Lebanese |
Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist |
Sonya Aoun Beiruty is a Lebanese journalist and writer who has written for several newspapers and magazines in Lebanon. Her books include The Mills of Sectarianism, about sectarianism as a direct cause of the Lebanese civil war, [1] and the novel The Cords of Air, about the lives of 24 Lebanese women. [2]
Beiruty was born in Achrafieh. Her first marriage, to Bicharah Beiruty, ended in divorce and she later married Ihsan Chatilla. [3]
Beiruty began writing journalism for Assayad magazine. In the 1960s she hosted a Lebanese TV talk show. [4]
She was editor-in-chief of Al-Hasnnaa magazine before returning to Assayad and writing for Al-Anwar newspaper in the 1970s. [5]
In the early 1980s she began working for Fayrouz news magazine.
Her works include: [6] [7] [8]