Nasser Iraq

Nasser Abelfatah Ibrahim Iraq is an Egyptian writer and journalist.^[1] A graduate of Cairo University, he has worked as a cultural correspondent in both Egypt and Dubai. He is the co-founder and managing editor of the Dubai-based Al-Thaqafiya magazine.

His books include:

• A History of Journalistic Art in Egypt (2002) (winner of the inaugural Ahmad Bahaa al-Din Prize)
• Times of the Dust (2006)
• From the Excess of Love (2008)
• The Green and the Damaged (2009)
• The Unemployed (2011) (nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize)

He lives and works in Dubai.

References

1. Profile