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. 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, 2002
- Author of the novel Mamarrat as-Sukun , Engl. Zubaida's Window , 2006
- Translation of B. Traven's novel The Death Ship, 2014