Sahar Khalifeh is a Palestinian writer. Her works include several novels and essays, translated into several languages, as well as non-fiction writing. She was awarded the 2006 Naguib Mahfouz literature medal for The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant. Sahar Khalifeh is the founder of the Women's Affairs Center in Nablus. She received her B.A. degree in English & American Literature from Bir Zeit University (Palestine, 1977), an M.A. from the The University of North Carolina (USA, 1982) and a PhD in Women Studies & ِAmerican Women’s Literature from the University of Iowa, (USA,1988).