Manal Braiga better known as Kenza Braiga (born 13 November 1976 in

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

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 ...

) is a French television contestant, actress and author of

i origin, she is simply known as Kenza Braiga. She and her family left

during the

Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...

, in February 1991, when she was only 14. She is author of "Un jour j'ai quitté Bagdad", which is about her escape from Iraq, it was released in April 2003. She was made known in France by appearing on reality television show Loft Story. She starred as a host in French television series Boudoir, Le. She currently lives in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

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Author

* ''Un jour j'ai quitté Bagdad (One day I left Baghdad)'' * ''J'ai deux amours (I have two loves)'' * ''2 femmes en colere (Two Women in anger (Jewishitizens and free))''

References

External links

Official Site in French
* 1976 births Living people Writers from Baghdad Iraqi emigrants to France Iraqi women writers Iraqi writers Iraqi television actresses Participants in French reality television series Iraqi memoirists 21st-century Iraqi novelists Iraqi women novelists {{Iraq-actor-stub