Background
Hanafi, Zakiya Asha Jenan was born on April 26, 1959 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Daughter of Riad Abdelkader Hanafi and Winifred Elizabeth Harris.
Hanafi, Zakiya Asha Jenan was born on April 26, 1959 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Daughter of Riad Abdelkader Hanafi and Winifred Elizabeth Harris.
Bachelor in French, University of British Columbia, 1983. Master of Arts in Comparitive Literature, University of British Columbia, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy in Italian Studies, Stanford University, California, 1991.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Ca' Foscari University, Venice, Italy, 2000.
Assistant professor University of Washington, Seattle, 1991—1996. Writer Venice, Italy, since 1997.
Member of Modern Languages Association.
Married Viqar Qadir.