Laila al-Juhani

Laila al-Juhani (Arabic: ليلى الجهني; born 1969) is a Saudi Arabian novelist and short story writer.

She studied at King Abdul Aziz University in Medina, obtaining a bachelor's degree in English literature.

She then went on to receive an MA in Foreign Languages and a PhD in education/psychology, the latter from the University of Tiba in Medina.

Her debut novel was called Da'iman sayabqa al-hubb (Always Love Will Remain) and was published in the early 1990s.

Since then, three further novels have been published: The Barren Paradise (1998), Jahiliyya (Ignorance, 2007), and 40 Fi Ma'ani Ina Akbar (2009).