Najat Abdul Samad

Najat Abdul Samad
Native name	نجاة عبد الصمد
Born	1967 As-Suwayda, Syria
Occupation	writer, gynecologist
Language	Arabic
Alma mater	Damascus University
Period	2010-present
Genre	novels, short stories, poetry
Notable awards	Katara Prize for Arabic Novel, 2018

Najat Abdul Samad (Arabic: نجاة عبد الصمد, romanized: Najāt ʻAbd al-Ṣamad, born 1967, As-Suwayda, Syria), alternative spelling Najat Abed Alsamad, is a Syrian Druze fiction writer, poet and gynecologist. She has published several novels, including La Ma' Yarweeha (No Water to quench their Thirst), winner of the 2018 Katara Prize for the Arabic Novel, published in a German translation. She currently lives in Berlin, Germany.^[1]