Samīra al-Māni'

She 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 library science from Ealing Technical College there in 1976. She became assistant editor of al-Ightirab al-adabi, a literary journal for Iraqi exiles, in 1985. She participated in the International Writing Program at Iowa University in 1990. Her short stories have been translated into English and Dutch.[1][2] Also in 1990, she attended the International Festival of Authors in Toronto.[3]

Samīra al-Māni' (born 1935) is an Iraqi writer.

Her work often depicts Arab women attempting to adapt to life in other countries.[4]

She married the Iraqi poet Salah Niazi; the couple has two daughters.[1]

Selected works[2]
  • 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)[4]
  • 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
  1. Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 205. ISBN 0415159806.
  2. Ashour, Radwa; Ghazoul, Ferial; Reda-Mekdashi, Hasna (2008). Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999. p. 439. ISBN 9774162676.
  3. "Samira Al-Mana". Exiled Writers Ink.
  4. Mustafa, Shakir (2018). Contemporary Iraqi Fiction: An Anthology. p. 88. ISBN 0815654456.
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