Waleed Ouda

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Waleed Ouda (born 1973) is a Palestinian novelist. [1] He was born in Kuwait. He has a PhD in computer engineering and currently works in the United Arab Emirates. He has written four novels. He was a participant in the 2012 International Prize for Arabic Fiction Nadwa, organized to encourage the work of promising young Arab writers.

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