Colette Khoury is a Syrian novelist and poet, born in 1931. She graduated from Damascus University with a bachelor\u2019s degree in French literature and she received a diploma from the school of literature in Beirut.<\/P>
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Khoury\u2019s career began in 1957 and has spanned more than 6 decades. She was a pioneer of Arab feminism, and wrote stories in the 1950s about men and their selfishness.<\/P>
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Khoury\u2019s notability stirs from her work in politics and literature. Her work as a writer focuses on love, a subject that was previously taboo in Syrian culture.<\/P>
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In 1959 she shocked the Arab world with a novel in which she wrote openly on love; this breakthrough novel (The Days with Him) was the first time a woman had come out so boldly on a subject considered taboo in conservative Syrian society.<\/P>
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Colette was born into a notable family, as her grandfather, was former Prime Minister Faris al-Khoury who is known as a hero for his resistance to the French.<\/P>
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Colette\u2019s grandfather encouraged her pursuit of an independent life as a writer and an artist. From 1990 to 1995 she served as an independent member of the Syrian parliament, doing honor to her grandfather\u2019s judicious political leadership.<\/P>
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In 2008, Khoury was appointed literary advisor to the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. She currently writes for the Syrian governmental newspaper al-Baath on a broad range.<\/P>
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Source: Syrian Arab News Agency<\/P>
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