Rayda Jacobs

Rayda Jacobs (6 March 1947 – 29 October 2024) was a South African writer and filmmaker.

[1] Her first book The Middle Children, a collection of short stories, was published in Canada in 1994.

Her novel Eyes of the Sky, published in 1996, received the Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English fiction.

[2] She wrote a series of feature articles for the Cape Times and hosted radio programs.

[2] She also produced and directed documentaries for television, including God Has Many Names and Portrait of Muslim Women.