Hayfa Baytar | |
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| Native name | هيفاء باسيل البيطار |
| Born | Hayfa Basil al-Baytar 1960 (age 63–64) Latakia, Second Syrian Republic |
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| Nationality | Syrian |
| Education | University of Latakia, Damascus University |
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| Literary movement | Realism, Feminism |
| Years active | 1992 |
| Notable works | The Fallen (2000) The Whore (2003) A Woman of this Modern Age (2004) |
Hayfa Basil al-Baytar (Arabic: هيفاء باسيل البيطار, ALA-LC: Hayfāʼ Bāsil al-Bayṭār; also transliterated :Haifa Bitar; born 1960) is a Syrian novelist, short story writer and ophthalmologist. She has won the Abi Al Qassem Al Shabbi prize for her collections The Fallen (2000) and The Whore (2003).