Haifa Bitar is a Syrian author of 11 collections of short stories and 9 novels, as well as a contributor of essays and stories to Arabic magazines and the English-language journal of Arabic writing, Banipal. She also works as an ophthalmologist at the National Hospital in Latakia, Syria.

Bibliography

• Nisaa be-akfal [‘Women with Locks’] (2008)
• Hawa [‘Passion’] (2007)
• Ghurub w kitabeh [‘Sunset and Writing’] (2004)
• Al-satika [‘The Slut’] (2001)
• Imraa men tabiken [‘A Woman from Two Floors’] (2000)