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Najiba Ahmad

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Najiba Ahmad (born 1954) (Kurdish:نه‌جیبە ئه‌حمه‌د, Necîbe Ehmed; pronounced [nadʒiːba aħmad]) is a contemporary Kurdish writer, poet, and translator

Life and career

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Ahmad was born in northern city of Kirkuk in 1954. She studied Kurdish language and literature at the University of Sulaimaniya and worked as a teacher for many years before joining the Kurdish liberation movement. At the time when she began writing poetry, she was the only female Kurdish literary figure.[1]

Along with a handful of female Kurdish poets and writers, including Kajal Ahmad (b. 1967) and Mahabad Qadragi (b. 1966), she is regarded as making a significant contribution to the development of Kurdish literature.[2]

Work

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She has published three volumes of her short stories and of her poetry and her work is also included in anthologies such as An Anthology of Modern Kurdish Literature [3] She has also translated poetry from Arabic and Persian to Kurdish and written literary articles, novels, short stories, drama, and literary works for children.

Selected publications

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  1. Spring Weeping, Tabriz, Iran, 1994.
  2. Rasan (short stories) Tabriz, Iran, 1994.
  3. History of the Apple-tree, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1998.
  4. The Butterflies of Death (short stories), Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan 1998.
  5. A Deer Created of Water, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2005
  6. Resurrection of Pear Buds, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2005

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ahmad, Najiba" The International Journal of Kurdish Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1/2, 2004, p. 167
  2. ^ Maisel, S. (ed), The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society, ABC-CLIO, 2018, p. 171
  3. ^ Naderi, L.,An Anthology of Modern Kurdish Literature, Erbil, Iraq, University of Kurdistan, 2011