About Sara al-Sarraf
Born 1975. Sara al-Sarraf is an Iraqi writer.
Sara Alsarraf is an Iraqi novelist and journalist. She was born in France. Her maternal grandfather was the prominent Iraqi intellectual Ahmed Susa. Her mother Alia, a World Bank staffer, died in the Canal Hotel suicide bomb attack in Baghdad in August 2003.
Alsarraf graduated from Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, and then turned to a career in media and journalism. She currently lives and works in the UAE. Her debut novel I Heard Everything appeared in 2023 and was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize.
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Sara al-Sarraf was born in 1975 in France.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Sara al-Sarraf. https://biography.guide/sara-al-sarraf/
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