Maryana Marrash

Maryana bint Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash, also known as Maryana al-Marrash or Maryana Marrash al-Halabiyah, was a Syrian writer and poet of the Nahda or the Arab Renaissance. She revived the tradition of literary salons in the Arab world and was the first Syrian woman to publish a collection of poetry. She may have been the first woman to write in the Arabic-language daily newspapers.

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General Info

Female

Date of Birth

July 31st, 1848

Age

178

Birth Place

Syria, Aleppo Governorate

Date of Death

January 1st, 1919

Died Aged