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Alia Mamdouh also spelled Aliyah Mamduh (born 1944 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi novelist, author and journalist living in exile in Paris, France. She won the 2004 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for her novel The Loved Ones.[1] She is most known for her book Naphtalene, as it was widely acclaimed and translated.
After completing her degree in psychology from the University of Mustansiriya, while at the same time working as editor-in-chief of Al Rasid magazine and editor of al-Fikr al-mua’sir magazine, Mamdouh decided to move and live in Beirut, then Palestine and London and finally settling in Paris.
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
References
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Categories:- 1944 births
- Living people
- Arabic-language women writers
- Iraqi writers
- Iraqi women writers
- French people of Iraqi descent
- French people of Arab descent
- Arab journalists
- People from Baghdad
- Iraqi journalists
- Iraqi people of Syrian descent
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