Alaa Al-Barkawi
@alaaal-barkawi.bsky.social
✨YA Author of IN THE COUNTRY I LOVE (Peachtree Teen, Summer 2026)
✨Co-runner of QuillersSwana
✨Shia Muslim
✨Iraqi 🇮🇶
✨Rep: Jenissa Graham @ Bookends Literary
✨Co-runner of QuillersSwana
✨Shia Muslim
✨Iraqi 🇮🇶
✨Rep: Jenissa Graham @ Bookends Literary
Well, hello new and old friends ♥️. I’m Alaa, a first-generation Iraqi American author. My debut novel about being Iraqi in America (and all those complicated diaspora feelings) comes out with Peachtree Teen in Summer 2026. I also co-run QuillersSWANA to help uplift other SWANA writers🧿 ✨
November 12, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Well, hello new and old friends ♥️. I’m Alaa, a first-generation Iraqi American author. My debut novel about being Iraqi in America (and all those complicated diaspora feelings) comes out with Peachtree Teen in Summer 2026. I also co-run QuillersSWANA to help uplift other SWANA writers🧿 ✨