Aya Mansour
Aya Mansoor, is an Iraqi poet, writer, and journalist. She published four books: Fingers' Forest, Alone She Sings, Alice in Baghdad, and Sunny Picture, and a play called Invisible. She also written many articles in different newspapers and magazines such as Al-Jazeera Net, Iraqi Network Magazine, Al-Sabah Iraqi Journalist, and Yalla news website.
Early life
Born in Baghdad, she graduated from Teachers' Institute in 2012 with a degree in mathematics. She started publishing her writings on social media websites in 2009. In 2014 Al-Arabiya published her first book, collecting all her poems.Career in journalism and media
She worked in Iraqi Network Magazine/Al-Iraqiya channel since 2016, she wrote many weekly bits including:- Investigation of the Week: a weekly article that is published on the sixth page of every issue of Iraqi Network Magazine
- A series of reports about the libraries of Iraq: A weekly paragraph that is published on the 34th page of the same magazine
- Fingerprint: A series of articles about famous Iraqi people that have achievements, published in the website of Iraqi Network Magazine.
- * Producing and presenting short videos on Yalla news website
- * A bit "Make Your Life Right" presented from 2017 to 2018
Journalism
- Al-Sabah Al-Iraqiya: "Female Ink": A weekly column
- Al-Alam Al-Jadeed Iraqi Newspaper: Varied articles and columns
- Al-Alam Iraqi Newspaper: Varied articles and columns
- Al-Magharib Lebanese Website: Editor
- Kutub Egyptian Website: Editor of cultural articles
- Shabab Al-Safeer Website
Publications
- Fingers' Forest: A poetry collection published by Al-Arabiya for Sciences, 2014
- Alone She Sings: Poetry collection published by Sutoor for Publishing and Distribution, 2017, it was translated to French and published by Editions des Lisières as "Seule elle chante"
- Alice in Baghdad: An entertaining, educational story about Baghdad areas published by Farashat For Kids, 2017
- Sunny Picture: Collected stories published by Sutoor for publishing and distribution, 2019
- Invisible : A theatrical play about Iraqi women, it was performed in the Academy of Arts in Berlin, Germany, 2016
Lectures, seminars and poetry evenings
Poetry evenings and seminars
- Baghdad, 2013–2017
- Lebanon, 2016
- Egypt, 2017
- Oman, 2017
- France, 2019
Seminars about writing and poetry
- American University in Suleimania, 2014
- University of Lyon, France, 2019
- University of Nice, France, 2019
Theatrical plays
- With actress Judy Morris and singer Leo Ebirto, in the national theatre of Besançon, France
Lectures about writing
- Istanbul Shaheer University, Turkey, 2019
Awards and certificates
- Iraqi National Journalism Syndicate Award 2019
- Certificate from the Carnival of World Peace Day by Peace Makers, Iraq, 2014
- Distinguish and Creativity shield from Baghdad International Expo, 2019
- Creativity award by Ahlamy event by Volunteers for Iraq Organization, 2015
- Shield of Success, awarded for talking at "I talk", by the leading youth forum in Istanbul, 2019