Samiha Khrais, alternative spelling Samihah Kharis (Arabic: سميحة خريس, born 16 August 1956) is a Jordanian novelist, journalist and translator.
For around 20 years, Khrais held a number of positions in the field of journalism, including editor-in-chief for Jordanian Hatem magazine and writer for Al-Ittihad newspaper, among others.
[6] The Algerian critic Rachid Ben Malek called her novels "a leap in Modern Arabic literature", referring to her choice of semantic elements and methodological approaches in composing her writings.
[7] An essay in the International Journal of Postcolonial Studies about the novel Slaves' Peanuts, dealing with the slave trade in Sudan, stated:[8] The Arabic novel displays with great realism repeated cycles of oppression against African people to emphasize the global impact of colonial rule and the need for former colonial countries to take responsibility and heal the wounds of the past.In an article about Arab Women's writings in ArabLit magazine, Syrian writer Shahla Ujayli said that Khrais's novel Babnous "demonstrates her power of artistic narrative and courage in representing narrative cultures of marginalized ethnic groups in Sudan.
"[9] US-based World Literature Today magazine attributed to her novel The Tree Stump and its literary rendering of the 1916 Arab Revolt against the Turkish Empire "[...] the wish to provide an alternative account to [T.E.]