Kenizé Mourad
Kenizé Mourad | |
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Kenizé Mourad in 2010 | |
| Born | Kenizé Hussain de Kotwara 11 November 1939 |
| Other names | Princess Kenizé Mourad Princess of Kotwara |
| Education | University of Edinburgh |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
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| Years active | 1968 – present |
| Parent(s) | Selma Hanımsultan (mother) Raja Syed Sajid Hussain Ali (father) |
| Relatives | Muzaffar Ali (half-brother) Kaniz Wajid Khan (aunt) Hatice Sultan (grandmother) Şayan Kadın (great-grandmother) Murad V (great-grandfather) |
| Honours | Prix Anaïs Ségalas (1988) Grand prix des lectrices de Elle (1988) Officier des Arts et des Lettres (2012) Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (2024) |
Kenizé Hussain de Kotwara, generally known as Kenizé Mourad (born 11 November 1939), is a French journalist and novelist. Until 1983, she was a reporter for the Nouvel Observateur working in the Middle East. She then turned to literature, publishing the international best-seller De la part de la princesse morte (Regards from the Dead Princess) in 1987 which told the story of her family. Les jardins de Badalpour, further documenting her family history, followed in 1998.