Hadia Hussein (born 1956) is an

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

i writer. The author of numerous novels and short story collections, she is best known for her Arabic Booker Prize-nominated novel ''Riyam and Kafa''. Other noted books include ''Beyond Love'' (2003, translated into English), "Very noisy night" by Al-Thakera Publishing House and ''That's Another Matter'' (2002, translated into Serbian). Hussein was born into a cultural family, and started writing at an early age. She was blacklisted by the regime of

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolution ...

and was forced to leave Iraq in 1999. She lived in Jordan and then in Canada.

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