19th edition 2024-2025

Short Story, Novel and Drama

اللوحة للفنان : إبراهيم العبدلي – العراق

Inaam Kachachi

  • Iraqi Journalist, Novelist, and Documentary Filmmaker, Born in Baghdad in 1952. She studied journalism at the College of Arts, University of Baghdad, graduating in 1974.
  • Worked as an editor in the Baghdad press and as a producer of television and radio programmes until 1979.
  • Completed her studies at the Sorbonne University in Paris, earning a PhD in 1986 on press campaigns.
  • Worked with several Arab émigré magazines, writing regular columns in Al Watan Al Arabi, Al Hiwar, and Al Dawliya. She also served as Editor-in-Chief of the weekly Al Dawliya and the monthly Al Jeel.

Currently works as a Paris correspondent and columnist for Asharq Al Awsat (London) and writes a weekly column for Kul

Documentary Films:

  • The Public Manifesto (1978)
  • Lina: An Iraqi in Los Angeles (2002)
  • Naziha Al Dulaimi: The First Arab Woman Minister (2004)
  • Mahjoub, Servant of Kindness (2016)

 قرار لجنة التحكيم :

Major Publications:

 

  • Lorna: Her Years with Jawad Salim – A biographical novel
  • The Iraqi Tragedy in Women’s Writing – A study and selected texts, published in French and translated into Italian and Greek
  • Streams of Hearts – Novel, translated into Italian and Persian
  • The American Granddaughter – Novel, translated into French, English, Chinese, Italian, and German
  • Tashari – Novel, translated into French
  • Al Nabidha – Novel
  • A Swiss Summer – Novel