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The war works hard, diary of a wave outside the sea and the iraqi nights. Diary of a wave outside the sea won the 2010 arab american book award. Jul 27, 2006 the war works hard is an important and informative document because it communicates the experiences of war directly from the perspective of its most silent victims. The war works hard was also the first translation of poems by a female iraqi poet published in the united states it was published. Buy war works hard book online at low prices in india. The iraqi nights is the third collection by the acclaimed iraqi poet dunya mikhail. Notes 1 all poetry by dunya mikhail, translated by elizabeth winslow, from the war works hard. She immigrated to the united states in the mid1990s and earned an ma at wayne state university. Dunya mikhail is a woman who speaks like the disillusioned goddesses of babylon. Her poetry collection the war works hard was shortlisted for the griffin prize. Rescuing the stolen women of iraq 2018, which was longlisted for the 2018 national book award for literature in translation.
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