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Sara Alsarraf

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Sara Alsarraf
سارة الصرّاف
Born1975
NationalityIraqi
Alma materAl Mustansiriya University

Sara Alsarraf (1975) is an Iraqi novelist and journalist. She was born in France. Her maternal grandfather was the prominent Iraqi intellectual Ahmed Susa.[1] Her mother Alia, a World Bank staffer, died in the Canal Hotel suicide bomb attack in Baghdad in August 2003.[citation needed]

Alsarraf graduated from Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, and then turned to a career in media and journalism. She currently lives and works in the UAE. Her debut novel I Heard Everything appeared in 2023 and was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "حكايتي مع بيت سوسة – سارة الصراف | Azzaman". July 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "Sara Alsarraf | International Prize for Arabic Fiction".
  3. ^ ""سمعت كل شيء" رواية العراقية سارة الصراف: الوعي بالحرب في التدرّج المعرفي وبنية التوزّع".