سواقي القلوب

An Iraqi novelist, journalist and writer who has lived in France for decades, practicing journalism and translation. She studied journalism and media and worked as a media person in the audio-visual media before moving to France in 1979 to obtain a doctorate from Paris, and she still lives there until now, and works as a press reporter for two Arabic-language newspapers. In 2004 she made a documentary about Naziha Al-Dulaimi - the first woman to hold a ministerial position in the Arab world. She has also published several literary works: Lorna, Her Years with Jawad Selim - 1998 Iraqi Words - 2003 Swaqi Al-Quloub - 2005 The American Granddaughter - 2008 Tashari - 2013 She was nominated twice for the Arab Booker Prize (short list) for the novels "The American Granddaughter" and "Tashari".