Colette Khoury | |
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Native name | |
Born | 1931 (age 92–93) Bab Tuma, Damascus, Syria |
Occupation | Writer, Professor, Poet, Member of Parliament |
Nationality | Syrian |
Education | B.A. in French Literature |
Alma mater | Damascus University |
Notable works | Days With Him |
Relatives | Fares al-Khoury, grandfather Suhail al-Khoury, father |
Colette Khoury (Arabic: كوليت خوري, also written as Kulit Khuri, Colette al al-Khuri, Colette Khuri) is a Syrian novelist and poet, born in 1931, who is also the granddaughter of former Syrian Prime Minister Faris al-Khoury. Khoury graduated from Damascus University with a bachelor's degree in French literature and she received a diploma from the school of literature in Beirut.[1] Khoury's notability stirs from her work in politics and literature. Her work as a writer focuses on love and erotica, a subject that was previously taboo in Syrian literature.