Haifa Zangana

Haifa Zangana

Haifa Zangana (born 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq)cite web | url =http://www.stateofnature.org/poemsIraq.html | title =Haifa Facts | accessdate =2007-08-27 | publisher =stateofnature.org] is an Iraqi novelist, author and artist, she is most notably known for writing "Women on a Journey: Between Baghdad and London". [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1550325,00.html Haifa Zangana: Chewing on meaningless words | World news | The Guardian ] ] [ [http://www.selvesandothers.org/view547.html Haifa Zangana ] ] Haifa grew up in Baghdad and graduated from Baghdad University and the School of pharmacy in 1974. In the early 1970s, Haifa was imprisoned by the Baath regime but she managed to escape execution. When she was released from prison, she stayed in Iraq to continue pursuing her studies, she then went on to Syria and Lebanon were she had worked for the PLO as the manager of the pharmaceutical unit, before coming to Britain in 1976. [ [http://www.brusselstribunal.org/bios/Zangana.htm Questioning the New Imperial World Order ] ]

As a painter and writer she participated in the Eighties in various European and American publications and group exhibitions, with one-woman shows in London and Iceland. She is also a contributor to European and Arabic publications such as "The Guardian", "Red pepper", "Al Ahram weekly" and "Al Quds" (weekly comment), and is a founding member of the International Association of Contemporary Iraqi Studies and a member of the advisory board of the Brussel’s Tribunal on Iraq.cite web | url =http://www.stateofnature.org/poemsIraq.html | title =Haifa Facts | accessdate =2007-08-27 | publisher =stateofnature.org]

Works

* "Women on a Journey: Between Baghdad and London" (2001)
* "Keys to a City" (2000)
* "The Presence of Others" (1999)
* "Beyond What the Eye Sees" (1997)
* "The Ants Nest" (1996)
* "Through the vast halls of memory" (1991)

References

External links

* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1550325,00.html Haifa Zangana Article:Chewing on meaningless words]


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