title: Sahar Mandour
text: # Sahar Mandour
  
  Sahar Mandour (born 1977) is a Lebanese-Egyptian novelist.
  
  ## Life
  
  Sahar Mandour was born in Beirut to a Lebanese mother and Egyptian father. She studied psychology at Saint Joseph University in Beirut, before becoming a journalist.
  
  Mandour's novel 32 portrayed female friendships in Beirut, caught in "coexistence between bombs and parties".
  
  ## Works
  
  * sa’arsum najma ‘ala jabīn fīyenā [I’ll Draw a Star on Vienna’s Forehead], Beirut, 2007.
  * ḥubb beirūtī [A Beiruti Love], 2009.
  * 32, 2010. Translated from the Arabic as 32 by Nicole Fares, 2016.
  * mīnā [Mina], 2012.
  