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Shahad Al Rawi

Contributor

Shahad Al Rawi

Shahad Al Rawi was born in Baghdad in 1986. She is a writer and novelist. Her first novel, The Baghdad Clock, went through three printings in the first months of publication. She is currently completing a PhD in anthropology in Dubai. Author photo by Kareem El Deeb.

Articles by Shahad Al Rawi

First Read—From “The Baghdad Clock”

By Shahad Al Rawi

In Shahad Al Rawi’s The Baghdad Clock, translated by Luke Leafgren and forthcoming from Oneworld Publications, two girls hiding in an air-raid shelter in Baghdad during the Gulf War tell stories…

Translated by Luke Leafgren

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Shahad Al Rawi

Shahad Al Rawi

Articles by Shahad Al Rawi

First Read—From “The Baghdad Clock”