Khawla Hamdi
# Khawla Hamdi

Khawla Hamdi is a Tunisian-born Arabic-language author born on July 12, 1984, in Tunis, Tunisia. She is a professor at the King Saud University in Riyadh, where she teaches Information technology and currently resides in Riyadh. She has several best-selling novels in her literary career.

## Educations

She has a degree in Industrial Engineering and received her Master's degree in Management from school of management in Saint-Étienne, France in 2008. In 2011, she obtained a Ph.D. of Applied mathematics in Operations research branch from University of Technology of Troyes, France.

## Entering the authorship field

Khawla Hamdi entered the writing world with the book "Ahlam al-Shabab". The book, which reflects the memories of a Muslim girl, was published in 320 pages in Arabic in 2006.

Thereafter, her second book entitled In My Heart A Jewish Girl was published in Arabic in 2012. Inspired by a true story, the book tells the story of a Tunisian Jewish girl who converted to Islam, after being influenced by the character of an orphan Muslim girl and becomes interested in a young Lebanese who is one of the Lebanese resistance forces. This book is known as one of the best-selling novels and has been reprinted more than 47 times so far.

Then the book Ghorbat Al Yasmeen “The Expatriation of Jasmine” was published by this author in 2015. This book is mostly about the problems of Arab refugees in France.

An Tabqa “To Stay” was Khawla Hamdi's next book, published in 2016. The novel focuses on the problems of Arab refugees in Europe and their dual identities.

Her next book was Ayn Al Mafar “Where to Escape!”, which was published in 2018. This book scrutinize the revolutions that have taken place in the Arab world, especially Tunisia, as a story.

