Venus Faiq

Early life and education Venus was born in Sulaymaniyah in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. she later moved to Iraq, where she finished both middle school in Kurdish and preparatory school in Arabic, in Kurdistan.

She continued her education at the University of Baghdad.

She began working as an editor and presenter after she moved to the Netherlands, where she joined Radio Foreigners, Kurdish and Arab section, in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. During 2002, she worked for two years in the Department of Relations with Foreign Citizens in governorate on the Municipality of Delft, and then at Al-Hurrah University in Hague,

Published works Beautiful Sins (original title: ālkhāṭāyā ālǧmylā), 2001.

Last Samurai (original title: ālsāmwrāy ālākhyr), Arab Scientific Publishers, Beirut, 2013. I Will Have a Man From my Right Rib (original title: sā ārzq byrāǧwl mn ḍlʿy ālāymn), Dar Nasher Al-Taif, Baghdad, 2015. Last Daughters of God (original title: Ākhr bnāt ālālh), Jamal Irfan Cultural Foundation, Sulaymaniyah, 2016.