What is Jamal Naji?
[[Image:Jamal.jpg|thumb|Jamal Naji|150px]] '''Jamal Naji''' (1 November 1954 &ndash; 6 May 2018) was a [[Palestine|Palestinian]]-born [[Jordan]]ian author.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.arabicfiction.org/author/16.html |title=Author profile on IPAF website |access-date=2018-05-10 |archive-date=2011-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002205433/http://www.arabicfiction.org/author/16.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was born in [[Aqbat Jaber]] in the [[West Bank]]. He moved to [[Jordan]] in 1967. Naji published his first novel ''The Road to Balharith'' in 1981-82. He written several more novels as well as short story collections and television scripts. His recent novel ''When the Wolves Grow Old'' was shortlisted for the [[Arabic Booker Prize]] in 2010. He was president of the Jordanian Writers Association from 2001 to 2003. He lived and worked in [[Amman]], Jordan. He died on 6 May 2018 of a [[stroke]] at the age of 63.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.royanews.tv/news/14193/2018-05-08 |title=Prominent Jordanian novelist Jamal Naji dies aged 64 |access-date=2018-05-10 |archive-date=2018-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529192358/http://en.royanews.tv/news/14193/2018-05-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Naji Jamal}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Asian novelists]] [[Category:Jordanian writers]] {{bio-stub}}