N.S. Nuseibeh

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N.S. Nuseibeh
Born (1992-05-04) 4 May 1992 (age 33)
East Jerusalem
Other names
  • Nuzha Nuseibeh
  • NS Nuseibeh
  • N. S. Nuseibeh
Alma mater
Years active2014–present
Family Bashar Ahmad Nuseibeh (cousin)
Website www.nsnuseibeh.com

Nuzha Nuseibeh (born 4 May 1992), also known as N.S. Nuseibeh, is a Palestinian and British writer and academic. Her debut essay collection Namesake (2024) won the 2025 Jhalak Prize.

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Early life

Nuseibeh was born in East Jerusalem. Her grandmother was from Ramle. [1] Nuseibeh graduated with a Scottish Master of Arts (MA) in English literature and Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh in 2014. [2] She completed a PhD at St Hilda's College, Oxford in 2022. [3]

Career

Nuseibeh began her writing career contributing to Bustle and The Atlantic . [2] [4] Nuseibeh's short story "Love-life" was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. [5] [6]

Via a five-way auction in 2020, Canongate Books acquired the rights to publish Nuseibeh's debut non-fiction essay collection, then titled She Carries My Name and originally set for a spring 2022 release date. [4] Ahead of its release, Nuseibeh received 1st Prize at the 2022 Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction. The book, renamed Namesake, was published in February 2024. [7] [8] Namesake won the 2025 Jhalak Prize in the prose category. [9]

Personal life

Nuseibeh is agnostic [10] culturally Palestinian Muslim, and a feminist. [11]

Bibliography

Collections

Short stories

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryTitleResultRef.
2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize "Love-life"Shortlisted [5]
2022 Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction 1st PrizeNamesakeWon [12]
2025 Jhalak Prize ProzeWon [9]

References

  1. ↑ Nuseibeh, NS (31 January 2024). "House guests, hospitality and the hijab". Hyphen. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Nuzha Nuseibeh". Clippings. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Nuseibeh, Nuzha (2022). "Getting Your Money's Worth: How Fees Affect Students' Approaches to Employability and University". University of Oxford. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 Mansfield, Katie (10 March 2020). "Canongate wins Nuseibeh's debut non-fiction collection". The Bookseller. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2019". Commonwealth Foundation Prize. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "N.S. Nuseibeh". Adda. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  7. ↑ Nayeri, Dina (7 February 2024). "Namesake by NS Nuseibeh review – the pen and the sword". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Johnstone, Doug (20 January 2024). "Namesake by NS Nuseibeh review – personal insight informed by Islamic myth and culture". Big Issue. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  9. 1 2 Creamer, Ella (4 June 2025). "British-Palestinian writer NS Nuseibeh wins Jhalak prose prize for writers of colour". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  10. ↑ Scalzi, John (25 June 2024). "The Big Idea: N.S. Nuseibeh". Whatever. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  11. ↑ Paloma, Venezia (8 August 2024). "N.S Nuseibeh on Palestinian essay collection Namesake". The Skinny. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  12. ↑ Comerford, Ruth (15 December 2022). "Nuseibeh, Atlanta and McIntosh win 2022 Giles St Aubyn Awards". The Bookseller. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
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