Najiba Ahmad

Najiba Ahmad
Native name
نه‌جیبە ئه‌حمه‌د
Born1954 (age 7071)
Kirkuk, Iraq
OccupationPoet, Writer, Translator
LanguageKurdish
NationalityKurdish
EducationStudied Kurdish language and literature at the University of Sulaymaniyah
Alma materUniversity of Sulaymaniyah
Period20th century – present
GenrePoetry, Short Stories, Translation
SubjectKurdish culture, Women's issues, Kurdish Liberation Movement
Years active1970s – present
Notable works
  • Spring Weeping (1994, Tabriz, Iran)
  • Rasan (short stories, 1994, Tabriz, Iran)
  • History of the Apple-tree (1998, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan)
  • The Butterflies of Death (short stories, 1998, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan)
  • A Deer Created of Water (2005, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan)
  • Resurrection of Pear Buds (2005, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan)

Najiba Ahmad (born 1954) (Kurdish:نه‌جیبە ئه‌حمه‌د, Necîbe Ehmed; pronounced [nadʒiːba aħmad]) is a contemporary Kurdish writer, poet, and translator