Draft:Sama Hussien

Sama Hussien (born March 6, 2000) an iraqi Female Poet and writer She was born and studied in Baghdad.

Early Life
she graduated from Hanin High School, and traveled to Cairo to study and stayed there for three years at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Then she returned to Baghdad and start over at Al-Rafidain University College in the same major. She began writing in literary magazines after graduating from high school, and became involved in the writing community. She worked as an editor in local newspapers and a writer.

After High School
she published her first book in Iraq in 2018 "You and I and a lot of astonishment" and It received wonderful reception This book was written at a young age, 18 years old, but it made her name presented as a serious writer.

The Beginning of Fame
In the year 2020, and the situation in Iraq deteriorated, and with the October Revolution, she published the book “Utopia 2000 and October,” and it was an anthology book dealing with the poetry of the Iraqi revolution, This book was translated into English by Dr. Anbaa Jawi and published in London and was well received by foreign readers there.

Books

 * You and I and a lot of astonishment (2018)
 * Utopia 2000 and October (2020)
 * One Goodbye won't be Enough (2024)

Nomination

 * Arab Booker Award (2018)
 * Kuwait Book Award (2018)
 * Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz International Award (2020)

Awards

 * Babylon Award (2018)
 * Al-Rafidain Award for First Book (2020)
 * Iraqi Creativity Award (2024)