Inaam Kachachi – Iraq

Inaam Kachachi is an Iraqi journalist and novelist who studied journalism at the University of Baghdad. She worked in Iraqi press and radio before moving to Paris to obtain a doctorate from the Sorbonne. Currently, she is a Paris-based correspondent for both the London-based newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat and the UAE-based magazine Kul Al-Osra. Inaam also wrote several novels, including the The American Granddaughter which was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2009 and translated into English, French and Chinese.