Najiba Ahmad
Encyclopedia
Najiba Ahmad is a contemporary Kurdish
writer and poet. She was born in Kirkuk
, in northern Iraq
. She studied Kurdish language
and literature at the University of Sulaimaniya and worked as a teacher for many years before she joined the Kurdish liberation movement. She has published Three volumes of her short stories and Three poetry books. She has entered the literature world at 1976, when she was the only female Kurdish poet.
She has also translated several literary articles from Arabic and Persian to Kurdish, which are novels, short stories and Drama. She has several literary works for children.
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
writer and poet. She was born in Kirkuk
Kirkuk
Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad...
, in northern Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. She studied Kurdish language
Kurdish language
Kurdish is a dialect continuum spoken by the Kurds in western Asia. It is part of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages....
and literature at the University of Sulaimaniya and worked as a teacher for many years before she joined the Kurdish liberation movement. She has published Three volumes of her short stories and Three poetry books. She has entered the literature world at 1976, when she was the only female Kurdish poet.
She has also translated several literary articles from Arabic and Persian to Kurdish, which are novels, short stories and Drama. She has several literary works for children.
Books
- Spring weeping, Tabriz, Iran, 1994.
- Rasan (short stories) Tabriz, Iran, 1994.
- History of the apple-tree, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1998.
- The butterflies of death (short stories), Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan 1998.
- A Deer Created of Water, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2005
- Resurrection of Pear Buds, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2005