Books & Anthologies
Dahlia & Carys
A Novel
Dahlia finds herself plagued with flashbacks of not intervening in her schoolfriend Yasmine’s kidnapping by ISIS in Iraq. Back in London, her brother Elias is showing perilous signs of affiliation with terrorists. All the while, Dahlia is slowly opening up to a captivating new presence in London: Carys. She begins to find solace in their relationship of love and trust. Yet Dahlia feels that she cannot truly move on with her life until she returns to Iraq, the place wrought with guilt. Will Carys, who is becoming increasingly disillusioned with the organisation she is working for, the NHS, join her on this dangerous journey to find Yasmine?
I have contributed to the following anthologies:
Welcome to Britain: An anthology of poems and short stories
Anthology
In addition to offering accounts of daily life in Britain, and featuring contributions from emerging and established writers from around the world, the anthology manifests the hope that through the power of poetry and creative writing, we can cultivate empathy and envision and bring about a more just world.
Published by Civic Leicester in 2023.
The Silver Throat of the Moon: Writing in Exile
Anthology
Refugees and asylum seekers are rarely out of the headlines, or political debate, but only rarely do people in exile have the opportunity to speak for themselves. As well as writers in exile describing their personal experience, this collection includes essays by the writers about being writers and readers in exile.
Published by Five Leaves in 2005. Edited by Jennifer Langer.
The Fleeing Garden: Kurdish Exiled Voices
Anthology
This anthology includes poems and stories by Kurdish writers living in England with the aim of encouraging cross-cultural dialogue.
Published in 2006 by Exiled Writers Ink.
