Alia Mamdouh
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Alia Mamdouh also spelled Aliyah Mamduh (born 1944 in Baghdad, Iraq) to an Iraqi father and Syrian mother who both came from Tikrit and Alia grew up in the capital Baghdad. She is an Iraqi novelist, author and journalist living in exile in Paris, France. She holds an Naguib Mahfouz Award in Arabic Literature.[1] She is most notably known for her book Naphtalene, as it was widely acclaimed and translated.
In 1982, after completing her degree in psychology from the University of Mustansiriya, which at the time she was working as editor-in-chief of Al Rasid magazine and editor of al-Fikr al-mua’sir magazine, she decided to move and live in Beirut, then Palestine and London and finally settling in Paris where she currently resides.
[edit] Novels
- Al-Mahbubat (2005)
- The Loved Ones (2003)
- Al-Ghulama (The Maiden) (2000)
- Al-Wala (Passion) (1993)
- Habbat Al-Naftalin (Mothballs) (1986)
- Layla wa Al-Dhib (Laila and the Wolf) (1981)
- Hawamish ilal Sayyida Ba (Notes to Mrs. B) (1973)
- ftitahiya lil Dahik (Prelude to Laughter) (1971)
- Naphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad
