Name Iqbal al-Qazwini | ||
Books Zubaida's Window: A Novel of Iraqi Exile |
Iqbal al-Qazwini is an Iraqi journalist and novelist. She was exiled in Berlin, Germany in 1978 when she was in her early 20s, a consequence of Saddam Hussein's rise to power in her homeland. She has lived in Germany ever since. She has been a member of PEN International since 1993.
Al-Qazwini is best known for her 2005 novel Mamarrat al-Sukun (Amman: Dar Azminah, 2005). This was translated into English under the title Zubaida's Window by Azza el-Kholy and Amira Nowaira. As a journalist, al-Qazwini's work has appeared in various German and Arabic periodicals, such as Asharq Al-Aswat and Al Riyadh (newspaper).
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