Through the Vast Halls of Memory, her biographical novel, was published in English by Hourglass in 1990, reprinted in 1991, and published in Arabic in 1995. Three collections of short stories followed: The Ant’s Nest (1996), Beyond What the Eye Sees (1997) and The Presence of Others (1999). She has since published two more novels: Keys to a City in 2000 and Women on a Journey in 2001.
Publications include:
A piece in Not One More Death, a collection of writings against the Iraq war/occupation. STW and Verso, March 2006
A translation of her novel Women on a Journey. Texas University Press, December 2006
The Three Cyclops of Empire: Targeting the Fabric of Iraqi Society, a chapter in Empire’s Law, Pluto, February 2006
Colonial Feminist: from Washington to Baghdad, a chapter in Barriers to Reconciliation, Washington DC University Press, 2006
Packaged Lives, a collection of short stories in Arabic, Dar Al Sawad.
Forthcoming publications include:
Interrupted struggle: A short history of women in Iraq, Seven Stories NY, autumn 2007
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Click here for details of her latest book in English: 'Women on a journey between Baghdad and London' - University of Texas Press.