Luay Hamza Abbas
was born in 1965 in Basra, Iraq. He has a PhD from Basra University (2002), where he teaches literary criticism. He has published his works in literary magazines such as Nizwa, Akhbar al-Adab, and Thaqafat. He has three collection of short stories (1997, 2000, and 2003) and one novel (2005).
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Banipal No 27 Autumn/Winter 2006
Banipal No 37 IRAQI AUTHORS
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