Betool khedairi biography of barack

Interview 

Betool Khedairi & Her World of Words

“I feel in Arabic, I dream in Arabic and I write in Arabic.  When I write I feel as ancient as my civilization, there is an enchanting dialogue between us.”  Betool Khedairi.

Who is Betool Khedairi?
Betool Khedairi was born in Baghdad in 1965 to an Iraqi father and a Scottish mother.  She was a child who was torn between the two worlds.  She received a B.A.

in French literature from the University of Mustansirya.  A child who did not know to which culture she belongs to or whom to please, she lived an atmosphere full of family tensions.  She tried to find an outlet through art and she chose writing.

Are you still confused about belonging to both worlds “East & West”?
I transformed my contradictions into words on paper and I produced my first novel “Kam Badat Al Sama Qareeba.” (published by The Arab Institute for Research and Publishing in Lebanon in 1999).  Inste