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" (Amman: Dar Azminah, 2005). 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: