Sara Alsarraf
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Born1975 (age 50–51)
AlmamaterAl Mustansiriya University
Sara Alsarraf | |
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سارة الصرّاف | |
| Born | 1975 (age 50–51) |
| Alma mater | Al Mustansiriya University |
Sara Alsarraf (1975) is an Iraqi novelist and journalist. She was born in France. Her maternal grandfather was the prominent Iraqi intellectual Ahmed Susa.[1] Her mother Alia, a World Bank staffer, died in the Canal Hotel suicide bomb attack in Baghdad in August 2003.[citation needed]
Alsarraf graduated from Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, and then turned to a career in media and journalism. She currently lives and works in the UAE. Her debut novel I Heard Everything appeared in 2023 and was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize.[2][3]
