Daughter of the Tigris
Muhsin Al-Ramli
In Daughter of the Tigris, Muhsin Al-Ramly shines a light on Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime and the entry of American forces into the country, and follows his earlier title, The President’s Gardens.. It gives an insight into the worsening conditions experienced by the country in new forms: the emergence of parties and militias, looting, assassinations, rapes, explosions, the struggle for power and senseless killings. People’s lives have become worthless and the dead are mere statistics. Mass graves, once a symbol of the old oppressive regime, have – in a bizarre twist – turned into shrines where people seek blessing.
Publisher
Dar al-Mada
Nomination
2021 Longlist
Muhsin Al-Ramli
Country of origin Iraq
About the author
Muhsin Al-Ramli is a writer, poet academic and translator, born in the village of Sudara in northern Iraq in 1967. He has lived in Madrid since 1995 and received his doctorate in literature and philosophy from Madrid University. He writes in both Arabic and Spanish. Over the years he has worked as a journalist and cultural editor for the Arab, Spanish and Latin American press and has translated a number of literary works from Arabic into Spanish and vice versa. He has published more than 30 books, ranging from short stories to plays, translations and novels.