May Ziade Writer
May Ziade (née Marie, with Ziade also written Ziadé, Ziyada or Ziadeh) (Arabic: مي زيادة) (February 11, 1886. – 1941), was a prolific Christian Lebanese-Palestinian poet, essayist and translator.A writer for the Arabic newspapers and periodicals, Ziade also wrote a number of poems and books. She was a key figure of the Nahda in the early 20th-century Arab literary scene, and is known for being an "early Palestinian feminist" and a "pioneer of Oriental feminism."
