Sara Alsarraf (1975) is an Iraqi novelist and journalist. She was born in France. Her maternal grandfather was the prominent Iraqi intellectual Ahmed Susa.[1] Her mother Alia, a World Bank staffer, died in the Canal Hotel suicide bomb attack in Baghdad in August 2003.[citation needed]

Sara Alsarraf
سارة الصرّاف
Born1975
NationalityIraqi
Alma materAl Mustansiriya University

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.[2][3]

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  1. ^ "حكايتي مع بيت سوسة – سارة الصراف | Azzaman". July 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "Sara Alsarraf | International Prize for Arabic Fiction".
  3. ^ ""سمعت كل شيء" رواية العراقية سارة الصراف: الوعي بالحرب في التدرّج المعرفي وبنية التوزّع".