Iqbal al-Qazwini

Iqbal al-Qazwini is an Iraqi journalist and novelist. She was exiled in East 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).

Works

A list of her works:

• Publisher and Co-Author of Die schwarze Abaya, Irakische Erzählungen, 1985
• Translation and foreword of Poesie der Indianer, 1986
• Co-Author of Verloren Gewonnen, zwischen Sprachfremde und Wortheimat, 2001
• Translation of Erich Kästner's novel Die Schule der Diktatoren(from German into Arabic), 2002
• Author of the novel Mamarrat as-Sukun (2006), Engl. Zubaida's Window (2008), 2006
• Translation of B. Traven's novel The Death Ship (from German into Arabic), 2014

Sources

• International Association of Writers (2013–2014). "Al-Qazwini, Iqbal, pg.21". PEN Zentrum Deutschland Autorenlexikon. Darmstadt: Peter Hammer Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7795-0421-4.