Samīra al-Māni'
{{Short description|Iraqi writer (born 1935)}}
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|birth_place = Basra
|nationality = Iraqi, British
|education = University of Baghdad
|occupation = Writer, litterateur
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Samīra al-Māni' (born 1935) is an Iraqi writer.
Biography
Samīra al-Māni' was born in Basra and received a BA in Arabic literature from the University of Baghdad. She moved to London in 1965 and earned a diploma in librarianship from Ealing Technical College there in 1976.
In 1985, she co-founded al-Ightirab al-adabi (Arabic: الإغتراب الأدبي, al-ʾiġtirāb al-ʾadabī, Literature in Exile), a literary journal for Iraqi exiles. She participated in the International Writing Program at Iowa University in 1990. In that same year, she also attended the International Festival of Authors in Toronto.{{cite web |url=https://www.exiledwriters.co.uk/portfolio-items/samira-al-mana/ |title=Samira Al-Mana |work=Exiled Writers Ink|date=30 April 2015 }} Her short stories have been translated into English and Dutch.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XRDRCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA439 |title=Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999 |page=439 |first=Radwa |last=Ashour |author2=Ghazoul, Ferial |author3=Reda-Mekdashi, Hasna |year=2008 |publisher=American University in Cairo Press |isbn=978-9774162671}}
Literary work
Her work often depicts Arab women attempting to adapt to life in other countries.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4nN0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA88 |title=Contemporary Iraqi Fiction: An Anthology |page=88 |first=Shakir |last=Mustafa |year=2018 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |isbn=978-0815654452}}
Life
She is married to Salah Niazi the Iraqi poet; the couple have two daughters.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-TMhtk5AUYC&pg=PA205 |title=Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing |page=205 |first=Jane Eldridge |last=Miller |year=2001 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=0415159806}}
Selected works<ref name=ashour/>
- al-Sabiqun wa-l-lahiqun ("The First and the Last"), novel (1972)
- al-Ghina' ("Singing"), short stories (1976)
- al-Thuna'iya al-Lunduniya ("A London Sequel"), novel (1979)
- Hab! al-surra, novel (1990), published in English as Umbilical Cord (2005)
- al-Nisf faqat ("Only A Half"), play (1994), staged at the International Centre for Women Playwrights in Buffalo
- al-Qami'un ("The Oppressors"), novel (1997)
- al-Ruh wa ghayruha ("The Spirit and Other Things"), short stories (1999)
References
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External links
- {{cite web |url=http://www.arabwomenwriters.com/index.php/2014-05-03-16-02-36/2014-05-03-16-37-04/samira-al-mana |title=Samira al-Man'a |work=Arab Women Writers}}
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Category:University of Baghdad alumni
Category:20th-century Iraqi novelists
Category:Iraqi women novelists
Category:Iraqi dramatists and playwrights
Category:Women dramatists and playwrights
Category:Iraqi short story writers
Category:International Writing Program alumni