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Hassan Blasim’s Sololand features Three Novellas on Iraq

Hassan Blasim’s Sololand features Three Novellas on Iraq

Hassan Blasim’s work is not imitation. His is a voice forged in exile, and steeped in the paradoxes...

APRIL 25, 2025 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
“The Doll with the Purple Scarf”—flash fiction from Diaa Jubaili

“The Doll with the Purple Scarf”—flash fiction from Diaa Jubaili

Iraqi novelist Diaa Jubaili's short story, translated by Chip Rossetti, portrays dolls as unlikely victims of life under...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Diaa Jubaili
Gaza vs. Mosul from a Medical and Humanitarian Standpoint

Gaza vs. Mosul from a Medical and Humanitarian Standpoint

Ahmed Twaij, a physician and journalist with experience in Iraq and other war zones, argues Hamas and ISIS...

NOVEMBER 27, 2023 • By Ahmed Twaij
The Yellow Birds Author Returns With Iraq War/Noir Mystery

The Yellow Birds Author Returns With Iraq War/Noir Mystery

Hamilton Cain reviews a police procedural that connects Norfolk, Virginia with the late Iraq War and the streets...

MAY 29, 2023 • By Hamilton Cain
Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari

Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari

An excerpt from Inaan Kachachi's novel that laments the scattering of Iraqis across the world as a result...

FEBRUARY 5, 2023 • By Inaam Kachachi
 The Watermelon Boys on Iraq, War, Colonization and Familial Love

 The Watermelon Boys on Iraq, War, Colonization and Familial Love

Rachel Campbell finds that Ruqaya Izzidien's debut novel set in Iraq provides counter-narratives to the country's early 20th-century...

FEBRUARY 5, 2023 • By Rachel Campbell
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