Basem Khandakji

Basem Khandakji
باسم خندقجي
Born1983
EducationJournalism
Alma materAn-Najah National University
Occupation(s)writer and novelist

Basem Khandakji (Arabic: باسم خندقجي, romanizedBāsim khndqjy; born 1983) is a Palestinian writer, journalist, and prisoner, was born in 1983. His novel A Mask, the Color of the Sky won the Arabic Booker Prize in 2024.[1]

He has studied at An-Najah National University and Al-Quds University. He was arrested by the Israeli defence forces on November 2, 2004, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He has published several novels, poems, and studies from prison.

  1. ^ "Basim Khandaqji | International Prize for Arabic Fiction".