Leilah Nadir

Leilah Nadir is an Iraqi Canadian [ [http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0806-14.htm A Church Rocked to its Ancient Foundations ] ] novelist and writer. Born to an Iraqi Christian father [ [http://www.thebukowskiagency.com/Orange%20Trees%20of%20Baghdad.htm The Bukowski Agency - The Orange Trees of Baghdad ] ] and an English mother, she was raised in Britain and Canada. [ [http://www.leilahnadir.com/ Leilah Nadir ] ] Nadir holds a Master's degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh, and also a Joint Honours Bachelor's degree in English and History from McGill University.

Nadir has previously worked in both London and Vancouver in the publishing industry. Since the US-led invasion of Iraq, she has written numerous articles and broadcast political commentaries for CBC, The Globe and Mail, The Georgia Straight, and she has also published a feature article in Brick magazine. In September 2007, she published The Orange Trees of Baghdad: In Search of My Lost Family (Key Porter Books), which details her Iraqi father's story and her Iraqi family's experiences since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The book includes family photographs as well as contemporary photos by acclaimed Iraqi Canadian photojournalist Farah Nosh; it was widely praised on publication, notably by Naomi Klein. In July 2008, she won the George Ryga award for Social Awareness in Literature. It is due out in Italy and Australia and New Zealand in 2008. She currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with her husband and son [ [http://www.banffcentre.ca/faculty/faculty_member.aspx?facId=1994 The Banff Centre - Biography ] ]

Bibliography

* "The Orange Trees of Baghdad: In Search of My Lost Family"
* "Heavenly Bodies"
* "Bazaar"
* "Still"

Trivia

* Leilah also writes fiction and has written a play, "Heavenly Bodies"
* She has never been to Iraq

References

External links

* [http://www.leilahnadir.com/ Official Site]