Gulala Nouri

Baghdad

Gulala NOURI (poet, fiction writer, translator; Iraq) has worked as a Kurdish-language teacher and in women’s issues and human rights. Currently, she works in Kurdistan for the High Commission of Erbil Citadel Revitalization (HCECR). Nouri has published four collections of poetry, [While the Dolphin is Sleeping] (1999), [This Crowd is Not Up To You] (2001), [Calendars of Loneliness] (2005), and [Firewood] (2009). Her translations of Vladimir Vysotsky’s poetry from the Russian into Kurdish and Arabic came out in 2011. Nouri has two books forthcoming, a translation of stories on the Halabja massacre, and her first story collection.

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Orange Lies She let her headscarf slip freely to her shoulders, as if she didn't realize , so that her hair would be free from the headscarf for a while. Then she pulled the edge of her headscarf flirtatiously to hide the right... media_text	Interview with Gulala Nouri sr_media_youtube	Definitions of Dates and Bullets To my father & also to Mike You will find Different leaders for each side there. But the dates are still unified Since the early days of the God. Dates are The morning key... media_text
Two Faces She examines her face in the mirror with slow concern, groping her pock-marked cheeks. Eyebrows furrowed lips trembling, she pronounces the words: I hate you! She examines her face in the mirror again, her sad... media_text	Passion according to David Passion is a sundial the time insists on the move, while the sun does not persist in brightness. *** Passion is a cool idea of the Palm in the summer to sleep in a shadow of a garden.... media_text	Orange Lies: I Baby… I mean -- Dear… I mean, Hello! Yes, hello – this is more appropriate. I hope you won’t be very sorry—given all that you’ve inflicted upon me—that I abandoned you. It wasn’t true that I... media_text
Stone Mummy She is the remains of sails fought over by cats from the tattered ends of tribes. Her bleak mast dreams of pirates that will force out her... media_text	In This Olive Colored Country In this dark land We inherited black clothes, Black thoughts And black rain. We witnessed the execution of the palms And killing of the rivers. In this olive colored land, When a... media_text	Stitches She works meticulously, inserting the tip of the needle into a small gap of wool, looping the yarn around the second needle. Her eyes never blink, they are intently focused as she purses her lips and observes the... media_text
Gender and Creativity in Iraq Literature is directly linked to culture, and in Iraq, women are just coming to the field. There are reasons for this, especially how men think about writing and how they think about women as human beings.... media_text

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