Luay Abdul-Ilah (Arabic: لؤي عبد الإله; born 1949) is an Iraqi writer and translator. He was born in Baghdad and studied mathematics in Baghdad University. He has published several short story collections and a novel titled Divine Names (translated into English by Judy Cumberbatch). Living in London since 1985, he has worked for Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, SOAS and the University of Westminster.
Notable works
Crossing to the Other Shore (short stories collection)-1992 Video dreams (short stories collection)-1996 A Throw of the Dice(short stories collection)-1999 The Game of Masks (short stories collection)-2015 The Comedy of Divine Love (Novel)-2008 Weightlessness (novel)-2023
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