‘Born on the Wrong Side of the Border’
Our Winter 2021 series on Iraq’s diverse literary scene, in Iraq and in the diaspora, continues with a look at Hawra al-Nadawi’s Qismat, a novel that traces the journeys of Iraq’s Feyli Kurds: By Hend Saeed Hawra al-Nadawi’s Qismat is based on historical events. This...
‘When Darkness Falls’: On the Shortened, Brilliant Life of Iraqi Author Hayat Sharara
Our Winter 2021 series on Iraq’s diverse literary scene, in Iraq and in the diaspora, continues with the introduction to When Darkness Falls (Idha al-Ayyam Aghsaqat) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Iraqi author Hayat Sharara: By Hend Saeed I was introduced to...
Abdullah al-Sakhi on Writing His Multigenerational Iraqi Trilogy
By Hend Saeed In this new series of Iraq’s diverse literary scene, we aim to introduce aspects of the Iraqi literary scene that are little-discussed in English. In particular, we aim to shed light on literary works that show the diversity of Iraq’s different...
From Abdullah al-Sakhi’s ‘Pathways of Loss’
As part of our Winter 2021 series on Iraq’s diverse literary scene, in Iraq and in the diaspora, Hend Saeed translates a section from the opening of Abdullah al-Sakhi’s acclaimed Pathways of Loss (2013): By Abdullah al-Sakhi Translated by Hend Saeed Chapter One That...