1. Maryana bint Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash, known as Maryana al-Marrash or Maryana Marrash al-Halabiyah, was a Syrian writer and poet of the Nahda or the Arab Renaissance.
10 Facts About Maryana Marrash
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Maryana Marrash revived the tradition of literary salons in the Arab world and was the first Syrian woman to publish a collection of poetry.
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Maryana Marrash was born in Aleppo, a city of Ottoman Syria, to an old Melkite family of merchants known for their literary interests.
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Maryana Marrash had built up a large private library to give his three children Francis, Abdallah and Maryana a thorough education, particularly in the field of Arabic language and literature.
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Later on, Maryana Marrash was educated by the nuns of St Joseph in Aleppo.
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Maryana Marrash finally went to an English school in Beirut.
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Maryana Marrash was granted permission by the Ottoman government to print her book after composing a poem exalting Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
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Maryana Marrash was famous for the salon she held in the home she shared with her husband.
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Maryana Marrash had travelled to Europe once, and was impressed by what she saw of life there.
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Maryana Marrash was fully engaged in the intellectual discourse and would entertain her guests by playing the qanun and singing.