# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/selma-dabbagh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:36:20.273Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/selma-dabbagh"
name: "Selma Dabbagh"
slug: "selma-dabbagh"
description: "Selma Dabbagh is a British-Palestinian writer and lawyer. Her 2011 debut novel, Out of It was nominated for a Guardian Book of the Year award in 2011 and 2012. Her shorter writings have been published by outlets including International PEN, Granta, The Guardian, London Review of Books and GQ magazine."
tagline: "British-Palestinian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Selma_Dabbagh_at_the_2025_Jaipur_Literature_Festival.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1970"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.38
  momentum:             0.418848167539267
  historical:           6.607164
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/SelmaDabbagh"
    handle:    "SelmaDabbagh"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "سلمى الدباغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Selma Dabbagh"
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    title: "Selma Dabbagh"
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    title: "Selma Dabbagh"
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    title: "ਸੇਲਮਾ ਦੱਬਾਘ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Даббаг, Сельма"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump