Salah Niazi

Salah Niazi was born in Nasiriya, Iraq, and studied Arabic literature at the universities of Baghdad and London. Since the 1950s he has published poetry, essays, criticism and translations. He and his wife are founding editors of the literary journal al-Ightrab al-Adabi.

Singing Iraq: poets in conversation

Question from the audience: Do you think the character of your writing is going to change now, when you write about Iraq? Fadhil Assultani: There will be great changes at

By Salah Niazi and Fadhil Assultani

/ 11 Aug 2003

Singing Iraq: poetry by Salah Niazi

The three Iraqi poets whose work is featured in openDemocracy Fadhil Assultani, Salah Niazi, and Hashem Shafiq all spoke at an event at Londons Institute of Contemporary Arts in

By Salah Niazi

/ 11 Aug 2003