Interview with Haifa Zangana

• Published in: Comparative Critical Studies
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh University Press 2007
• Subjects: Literature and Literary Theory; Cultural Studies; Austin; Nisa; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/e1744185408000128

Haifa Zangana (1950– ) is an Iraqi Kurdish writer, political activist, and artist currently based in London. Between 1977 and 1986, she was active mainly in art, taking part in nine group exhibits and two individual exhibits (in Iceland in 1982 and London in 1988). She has published three novels: the autobiographical novel Fi arwiqat al-dhakira was initially serialized in the journal al-Ightirab al-Adabi (Literary Exile) and then translated into English by Paul Hammond as In the Vast Halls of Memory (Paris: Hourglass, 1991); Mafatih madina (Keys to a City) (London: Dar al-Hikma, 2000), English translation under review by Syracuse University Press; and Nisa’ ‘ala safar (London: Dar al-Hikma, 2001), translated into English by Judy Cumberbatch as Women on a Journey: Between Baghdad and London (Austin, Texas: The University of Texas Press, 2007).