Bahira Abdulatif

Bahira Abdulatif Yasin is an Iraqi writer, translator and professor living in Madrid.[1][2]

Bahira Abdulatif
NationalityIraqi
OccupationWriter, translator, professor

She's an associate professor at Autonomous University of Madrid's Arabic and Islamic Studies department.[3] An expert in Spanish philology, Abdulatif has also served in the Faculty of Languages at the University of Baghdad. She came to Madrid after United Nations imposed Sanctions against Iraq following its invasion of Kuwait in 1990.[4] She has also taught at Complutense University of Madrid, University of Salamanca and written fictional works in Arabic.[5]

Abdulatif won an award for her translation of Rafael Alberti's works in the Arabic language beside those of Jorge Luis Borges, José Carlos Mainer and José Antonio Maravall.[5] She has also translated Cuerpo adentro, Ana Silva's first collection of poems into Arabic.[6] In 2003, ?Lapidación? : mujer árabe, Islam y sociedad, a book she co-authored was published.[7]

Abdulatif feels that before the US-led 2003 Invasion of Iraq, the country was more secular and among the Arab nations had "one of the most advanced legislation".[8]

References
  1. "El macabro panorama de las mujeres en Irak" (in Spanish). Amnesty International. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. Guillermo, Hernandez (26 September 2015). "La realidad de Bagdad a través de la literatura" [The reality of Baghdad through literature]. El Adelantado de Segovia (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  3. "II Congreso Nacional de Extranjería y Nacionalidad. Vídeos" [II National Congress of Foreigners and Nationality. Videos] (in Spanish). Parainmigrantes.info. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  4. "Bahira M. Abdulatif: "La cultura española me ha enriquecido"" [Bahira M. Abdulatif: "Spanish Culture has enriched me"]. ABC. 21 December 2003. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  5. "Arab Women and Public Cultural Life". Casa Árabe. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  6. "Cuerpo adentro; nuevo proyecto editorial" [Body Inside; new editorial project] (in Spanish). Secret Olivo. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  7. "?Lapidación? : mujer árabe, Islam y sociedad (Book, 2003)". WorldCat. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  8. Giraldo, Estela (8 March 2012). "Las mujeres, motores de las revueltas árabes" [Women, engines of the Arab revolts] (in Spanish). RTVE. Retrieved 10 November 2017.


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