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Sinan Antoon (Arabic: سنان أنطون‎, Born in Baghdad in 1967) is a well-known Iraqi poet, novelist, scholar and translator. He writes in both Arabic and English and his works have been translated into many languages. He was also featured in the film About Baghdad and Voices in Wartime. He is now an assistant professor at New York University. Antoon was born in Baghdad to an Iraqi father and American mother. He studied English literature at Baghdad University and graduated in 1990 with honors. After the 1991 Gulf War, he emigrated to the United States. He earned an MA in Arab... MORE

Sinan Antoon (Arabic: سنان أنطون‎, Born in Baghdad in 1967) is a well-known Iraqi poet, novelist, scholar and translator. He writes in both Arabic and English and his works have been translated into many languages. He was also featured in the film About Baghdad and Voices in Wartime. He is now an assistant professor at New York University. Antoon was born in Baghdad to an Iraqi father and American mother. He studied English literature at Baghdad University and graduated in 1990 with honors. After the 1991 Gulf War, he emigrated to the United States. He earned an MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University and a PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Harvard University. His works include poetry in Arabic and English (some collected in Baghdad Blues) and two novels, the first of which; I'jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody received critical acclaim in the Arab world when it appeared in the original Arabic in 2003. The literary editor of the pan-Arab al-Hayat described it as "one of the most important Iraqi and Arab novels published in recent years. . . an Iraqi novel par excellence." I`jaam was translated into German (Lenos), Norwegian (LPS), Italian (Feltrinelli), and Portuguese LESS