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Betool Khedairi was born in Baghdad in 1965 to an Iraqi father and a Scottish mother. She received a BA in French literature from the University of Mustansirya and then traveled between Iraq, Jordan, and the United Kingdom, working in the food industry while writingA Sky So Close, which was published in Arabic in Lebanon in 1999. She currently lives in Amman. Muhayman Jamil was born in Baghdad. He is currently an associate specialist in palliative medicine in London. His work as a translator includes the novelsAbsent and A Sky So Close, both by Betool Khedairi.
Absent opens a door to a view of Iraqi life we have seldom seen. With a compassionate eye Khedairi explores a community, damaged by wars and sanctions, struggling for survival. -Elizabeth Cox, author of The Slow Moon A fascinating book and a great pleasure to read: Betool Khedairi is a talented new voice in fiction. -Alaa Al Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building Absent is an important book in the way that The Grapes of Wrath and The Kite Runner are important books. Betool Khedairi performs the miraculous feat of transforming Iraq from an abstraction into a world populated by real people devastated by the intrusions of an empire on the other side of the globe. -Sarah Bird, author of The Flamenco Academy A strong new voice in Iraqi literature. -Radio Free Europe Brilliant, funny and disturbing, Absent portrays an unforgettable struggle for dignity in a world under siege. -Teresa Carpenter, author of The Miss Stone Affair -Absent opens a door to a view of Iraqi life we have seldom seen. With a compassionate eye Khedairi explores a community, damaged by wars and sanctions, struggling for survival.- -Elizabeth Cox, author of The Slow Moon -A fascinating book and a great pleasure to read: Betool Khedairi is a talented new voice in fiction.--Alaa Al Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building -Absent is an important book in the way that The Grapes of Wrath and The Kite Runner are important books. Betool Khedairi performs the miraculous feat of transforming Iraq from an abstraction into a world populated by real people devastated by the intrusions of an empire on the other side of the globe.- -Sarah Bird, author of The Flamenco Academy -A strong new voice in Iraqi literature.--Radio Free Europe -Brilliant, funny and disturbing, Absent portrays an unforgettable struggle for dignity in a world under siege.--Teresa Carpenter, author of The Miss Stone Affair Absent opens a door to a view of Iraqi life we have seldom seen. With a compassionate eye Khedairi explores a community, damaged by wars and sanctions, struggling for survival. Elizabeth Cox, author of The Slow Moon A fascinating book and a great pleasure to read: Betool Khedairi is a talented new voice in fiction. Alaa Al Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building Absent is an important book in the way that The Grapes of Wrath and The Kite Runner are important books. Betool Khedairi performs the miraculous feat of transforming Iraq from an abstraction into a world populated by real people devastated by the intrusions of an empire on the other side of the globe. Sarah Bird, author of The Flamenco Academy A strong new voice in Iraqi literature. Radio Free Europe Brilliant, funny and disturbing, Absent portrays an unforgettable struggle for dignity in a world under siege. Teresa Carpenter, author of The Miss Stone Affair Absent opens a door to a view of Iraqi life we have seldom seen. With a compassionate eye Khedairi explores a community, damaged by wars and sanctions, struggling for survival. Elizabeth Cox, author of The Slow Moon A fascinating book and a great pleasure to read: Betool Khedairi is a talented new voice in fiction. Alaa Al Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building Absent is an important book in the way that The Grapes of Wrath and The Kite Runner are important books. Betool Khedairi performs the miraculous feat of transforming Iraq from an abstraction into a world populated by real people devastated by the intrusions of an empire on the other side of the globe. Sarah Bird, author of The Flamenco Academy A strong new voice in Iraqi literature. Radio Free Europe Brilliant, funny and disturbing, Absent portrays an unforgettable struggle for dignity in a world under siege. Teresa Carpenter, author of The Miss Stone Affair Absent opens a door to a view of Iraqi life we have seldom seen. With a compassionate eye Khedairi explores a community, damaged by wars and sanctions, struggling for survival. -Elizabeth Cox, author of The Slow Moon A fascinating book and a great pleasure to read: Betool Khedairi is a talented new voice in fiction. -Alaa Al Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building Absent is an important book in the way that The Grapes of Wrath and The Kite Runner are important books. Betool Khedairi performs the miraculous feat of transforming Iraq from an abstraction into a world populated by real people devastated by the intrusions of an empire on the other side of the globe. -Sarah Bird, author of The Flamenco Academy A strong new voice in Iraqi literature. -Radio Free Europe Brilliant, funny and disturbing, Absent portrays an unforgettable struggle for dignity in a world under siege. -Teresa Carpenter, author of The Miss Stone Affair Absent opens a door to a view of Iraqi life we have seldom seen. With a compassionate eye Khedairi explores a community, damaged by wars and sanctions, struggling for survival. - Elizabeth Cox, author of The Slow Moon A fascinating book and a great pleasure to read: Betool Khedairi is a talented new voice in fiction. - Alaa Al Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building Absent is an important book in the way that The Grapes of Wrath and The Kite Runner are important books. Betool Khedairi performs the miraculous feat of transforming Iraq from an abstraction into a world populated by real people devastated by the intrusions of an empire on the other side of the globe. - Sarah Bird, author of The Flamenco Academy A strong new voice in Iraqi literature. - Radio Free Europe Brilliant, funny and disturbing, Absent portrays an unforgettable struggle for dignity in a world under siege. - Teresa Carpenter, author of The Miss Stone Affair
